ULAN BATOR, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) on Sunday confirmed 11 new cases of measles infection over the past 24 hours, raising the national tally to 506.

More than half of the latest confirmed cases were among school-age children who have had only one shot of the measles vaccine, the NCCD said in a statement.

In this regard, the NCCD advised parents to protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of the measles vaccine.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease transmitted by respiratory droplets and direct contact.

Common complications include fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat and inflamed eyes. The disease can be prevented by immunization. Enditem

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