A senior health official said on Sunday that a medical team was sent to Marsa Matrouh province to treat children with measles.
"The decision was taken after a nine-year-old student was admitted to an Alexandria hospital following developing measles," Ayman Abdel-Monem, the First Undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Alexandria, said.
The patient's health condition was stable, the official added.
Six children died of measles in Siwa province, according to a local health source.