With the detection of at least 30 cases, measles outbreak has been reported in remote villages of East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The worst affected villages in the district are Namchar Bagang and Soshi Bagang, around 17 kilometres from Chayangtajo, the circle headquarter, official sources said here on Thursday.
To remain isolated from other infected people, villagers have been forced to take shelter at makeshifts accommodations in the deep forest, they said.
A voluntary health camp was held at Chayangtajo on Sunday and a team of doctors also went to various villages and gave medications to infected children.
The team would visit every household to reach out to all the villagers, sources informed. Suspicious cases of malaria and viral cough were also detected, said Dr B Gara of General Hospital, Naharlagun.
Sources say anti-measles vaccination campaign team is yet to reach the headquarters, and in the interior areas it is worse as children are not vaccinated against the dreaded viral disease.
Even the Measles Catch-Up Campaign 2011 which was launched from 28 November last, across the state, is yet to begin in the district, officials added.