With Mumb⭕ai recording several measles cases, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale appealed to𒅌 the Centre on Tuesday to provide sufficient doses of measles vaccine and medical support to hospitals to put a check on the spread of the viral disease in Maharashtra.
Raising the matter during the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Shewale said the disease continues𝔍 to 🍒affect children in Mumbai and neighbouring districts.
It is a highly communicable disease and is responsible for several deaths in Mumbai. However, it is preventable with vaccines and timely vacci🎃nation can help control the spread of measles.
According to the World Health Organization, measles vaccination has reduced death rates by 73ꦦ per cent be𒊎tween 2000 and 2018 worldwide.
"Team has been appointed by the Union Health Minister to assist and manage the situat𓆏ion in Mumbai where several slum areas have seen an outbreak of measles," the Mumbai South Central MP said, adding the team visited slums r𝓀ecently.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya sough🌱t that income tax rules be revised to include Bengaluru and Hyderabad in the list of Metro cities so that salarieဣd people can claim tax benefits of 50 per cent of house rent allowance.
"Bengaluru has one of the highest salaried populations in a city in the country... A large number of salaried taxpayers stay in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and many places liꦉke these but they can claim only up to 40 per cent of house rent allowance," the Bengaluru South MP said.
