Nearly half of the reports in 2023 were among children under five years of age, reflecting a backlog of children who did not receive routine measles vaccination.
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Measles cases in Europe continue to rise and the number this year is expected to exceed the total reported in 2023, WHO and UNICEF said.
In the first quarter of 2024, 56,634 cases of measles and four deaths were reported in 45 of the 53 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.
If they continue to rise, the numbers this year will significantly exceed the records of 2023, when 41 countries reported 61,070 cases and 13 deaths, WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a press release on Tuesday. ).
Nearly half of the reports in 2023 were among children under five years of age, reflecting a backlog of children who did not receive routine measles vaccination.
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