A nine-year-old girl died in a Rome
hospital on April 28 from complications from a bout of measles
which she had not been vaccinated against, the Bambino Gesù
Hospital said Wednesday.
It is the second such case in two months after a boy
suffering from leukemia, also not vaccinated, died in Monza.
The girl, who lived near Latina south of Rome, was admitted
on April 19 with a gene-related disease, a chromosome
abnormality.
She came down with a fever and conjunctivitis on April 14 and
was diagnosed with measles on April 26.
The complications that resulted included pneumonia and
respiratory insufficiency, the latter of which was cited as
cause of death.
The hospital said it had had "over 70" cases of measles since
the start of the year.
The government recently made it compulsory to have 12
vaccinations before being allowed into school up to the age of
six.
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