Responding to the BMC’s call for help, all mosques in Govandi will start making announcements on the need to vaccinate children from today. In view of the growing number of measles cases in M East ward, which covers Govandi and Deonar and has a significant Muslim population, civic officials on Thursday met local religious leaders.

Imams of 32 mosques in the vicinity attended the meeting called by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Local doctors, WHO representatives, medical officers, civic health workers along with Assistant Municipal Commissioner of the ward Mahendra Ubale were present at the meeting. The health professionals informed the maulanas about measles and rubella and how vaccines can help protect children from these diseases. Civic officials then appealed to them to convey this message to the community.