Disease

Measles Outbreak in Beijing

A measles outbreak has hit a major office building in the capital, with at least 23 people infected, according to the city's health authorities.

The Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it had ordered quarantine and emergency vaccinations in Beijing's downtown Chaoyangmen neighbourhood since receiving reports of infections last Thursday.

The centre did not name the building but it has been identified as the "Kaiheng Centre", which houses the Beijing branch of Bank of China.

"To prevent the epidemic from spreading, [we have] already vaccinated the 3,462 workers in the building," the disease control centre said yesterday.