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The anganwari volunteers are carrying out door-to-door inspection in the village to identify affected children and provide them with treatment. Anganwari volunteers have been given strict instructions to watch over the children and provide them with proper treatment till the test results arrive. They have vaccinated many children and given vitamin A dose.” Dhanbad: The health officials of the coal city are on their toes to avoid an outbreak of measles in Katnia village of Tundi block where 26 children contracted the disease.Civil surgeon Asha Ekka while speaking to media on Friday said, “Basic treatment is being given to all the affected children. Many parents have also stopped sending their wards to school fearing infection.Katania’s mukhiya Babli Das told TOI, “All the families whose children are showing symptoms of measles have been instructed not to send their wards to school..