FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a health worker prepares a syringe with a vaccine against measles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Officials blame the comeback of the disease on low vaccination rates in the south caused by misconceptions among the Muslim population about the nature of the vaccine. However, health official Vicharn Pawan said Thailand imports measles vaccine products that do not contain porcine gelatin. Measles cases nationwide have increased in recent years, Thailand’s Health Ministry said. The Indonesian Ulema Council, the religious body governing the world’s largest Muslim population, had to deal with the same problem earlier this year when some local Muslim groups declared their opposition to the vaccine.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2018 09:57 UTC