Myanmar health officials have confirmed that a measles outbreak is behind the deaths of more than 30 people, mostly children, in a remote part of the country as authorities rush to treat victims. The outbreak has struck the far corner of Myanmar's northern Sagaing region, a remote and mountainous area which borders eastern India and is populated by people from the Naga tribes. The region is impoverished and very remote, a mountainous border area where roads and electricity are scant. Out six days to reach the villages. Communication there is also difficult," Than Tun Aung said.