175 new measles cases in PH recorded in one week

It added that a total of 533 deaths have been recorded this year, five times higher than the recorded deaths last year.

Children aged less than a year to four are the most affected age group. And more than half of the total reported cases were not vaccinated. “In the first six months of 2019, reported measles cases are the highest in any year since 2006, with outbreaks straining health care systems, and leading to serious illness, disability, and deaths in many parts of the world,” the WHO said

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