'Unprecedented' 100,000 people hit by EU measles outbreak - as deadly disease spreads at terrifying rate

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100,000 people hit by EU measles outbreak - as deadly disease spreads at terrifying rate

‘Unprecedented’ 100,000 people hit by EU measles outbreak – as deadly disease spreads at terrifying rate

The surge in cases followed a year when Europe achieved the highest ever estimated coverage for measles vaccinations.The WHO says it's scaling up its efforts to tackle the outbreak and is urging authorities to make sure vulnerable people are vaccinated. Officials blame the "persistence of pockets of non-immunised or under-immunised individuals in many countries fuelling the continuing spread of measles".These figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control show the number of reported measles cases per European country from April 2018 to March this year

There's been an unprecedented upsurge in people sick with this preventable disease, and too many have lost their lives to itDr Masoud Dara, acting director of communicable diseases at the WHO, added: “WHO has been working closely with countries in the European region to enhance their capacity to protect children from measles.

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