in the Murcia region alone there are more than 900 cases

Whooping cough outbreak alert

Outbreaks of whooping cough are occurring throughout Spain. Some of them have already been discovered 13,000 cases Particularly alarming is the case of the region of Murcia, where 900 cases have been reported and this figure is not decreasing, and its health department insists on the need to adhere to the vaccination schedule, since explains Nuria Gutierrez.

IN Murcia He flash This started a year ago and they have already registered more than 900 cases, 21 of them ended up in hospital. According to the health department, most affected group this is what teenagers, but the most vulnerable group is children under one year old. Before vaccination programs, whooping cough was one of the deadliest childhood diseases, experts warn.

Importance of whooping cough vaccination for mild symptoms

Since 2023, 60,000 cases of whooping cough have been reported in Europe, ten times more than in previous years.

This was reported by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). during 2023 and until April 2024, European countries have notified almost 60,000 cases of whooping cough, which is ten times more than in 2022 and 2021.

According to ECDC, this rebound in cases caused by Bordetella pertussis bacterium This has its explanation due to several years of limited circulation in Europe, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the epidemiological picture can be explained by the presence of unvaccinated or recently vaccinated individuals and decreased immunity.

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In particular, during 2023 They registered more than 25,000 cases and more than 32,000 between January and March this year. Despite this, ECDC maintains that choking cough This disease endemic in Europe and around the world, causing larger epidemics every three to five years, even in countries with high vaccination coverage. In fact, similar numbers were observed in 2016 (41,026) and 2019 (34,468).

babies minors from six months, those who are not immunized or partially immunized are at greater risk severe disease, and the majority of whooping cough-related hospitalizations and deaths occur in this vulnerable age group.

In particular, during 2023-2024. 17 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Slovakia) infants represented the group with the highest reported incidence.

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