RabauseThe number of lawsuit cases in Europe doubles last year to reach the highest level of 25 years, health officials say.
A joint report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN funds of children, UNICEF, said children under 40% of cases reported in Europe and Central Asia.
“The measles returned, and it was a call to Awake,” Hans Henri Kluge, which the Regional Director for Europe, said. “Without long vaccination rates, there is no health security.”
The MMR vaccine – evacuating people against measles, mumples and rubella – 97% effective in a hazardous virus.
Measles is a contagious disease spread to coughs and sneezes.
Common symptoms include:
- High fever
- pain, red and watery eyes
- Cough
- sneezing
The measles virus can lead to pneumonia, brain and death.
The / UNICEF’s analysis committee consisting of 53 countries said there are 127,350 cases of measles reported in the European region in 2024 – the highest since 1997.
There were a total of 38 killed reported until 6 March 2025.
The cases of measles, they added, decreased from 1997, but the fashion returned by 2018-19 and cases of cavivization at the time of covidization coverage during covid-19 pandemic “.
“Vaccination rates in many countries have not returned pre-pandemic levels, increasing the risk of blasts,” they warned.
The European region relates a third of all cases of measles worldwide in 2024, the joint analysis said. Within that place, Romania has the highest number of cases – 30,692 – followed by Kazakhstan with 28,147.
The statement of / UNICEF has concluded that the measles remain “a significant global threat” and urges governments where cases do not come to prepare for the action to prepare to arrange to work.
There is already Two killed in the US recently As the disease – considered “abolished” in the US in 2000 – spread over there and across Canada.
Falling vaccination rates blamed for new flare-up.
For example, in Europe, eight of 10 people diagnosed with measles last year are not vaccinated, according to data from European restrictions for disease and control (ECDC).
The estimates from 2023 showed four countries – Hungary, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia – encountered 95% threshold for a vaccination, said ECDC on Tuesday.
Anxiety is expressed in the UK, tooover the spread of disease, as vaccination prices for two doses fall below 90%.
Dr. Ben Kasentan-Dabush in London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warns people against trust unknown information on their social media.
“We also know from the Cavid-19 vaccination program that can travel fast and influence people’s decisions.