ReutersHealth officials said that the number of measles in Europe doubled last year, reaching the highest level in 25 years.
The joint report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund said that children under 5 years of age accounted for more than 40% of cases reported in Europe and Central Asia.
Hans Henri Kluge, a European director, said, “Measles have returned and is a morning call. “If the vaccination rate is not high, there is no health security.”
MMR vaccines that immunize people with measles, fashionable loweritis and rubella are 97% effective in fighting dangerous viruses.
Measles are infectious diseases spread by coughing and sneezing.
Common symptoms are as follows:
- High fever
- Eyes with pain in pain, red and water
- cough
- sneeze
Measles can lead to pneumonia, brain edema and death.
According to the WHO/UNICEF joint analysis, which deals with 53 countries, 127,350 measles were reported in Europe in 2024.
A total of 38 deaths were reported by March 6, 2025.
The measles decreased since 1997, but this trend was reversed in 2018-19, and in 2023-24, the case of “delivery of vaccination during Covid-19 Pandemic” increased significantly.
“The vaccination rate of many countries is not yet returned to the previous level, but the risk of onset is increasing,” he warned.
The European region accounted for one -third of all measles in the world in 2024, according to joint analysis. In the area, Romania had the most cases of 30,692 cases, followed by 28,147 Kazakhstan.
The WHO/UNICEF statement concluded that measles remained a “global threat,” and urged the government where the incident and the government were not ready to act.
There was Two deaths in the United States This disease, which was considered “removed” in the United States in 2000, is also spread throughout Canada.
Recently, the vaccination rate for flare -up has fallen.
For example, according to data from the European Disease and Control Center (ECDC), eight out of 10 people who were diagnosed with measles last year did not receive vaccination.
According to the estimation of 2023, only four countries, Hungary, Malta, Portugal, and Slovakia, have met 95% of the vaccination of vaccination to prevent the development.
Concerns have been expressed in the UKCompared to the spread of the disease, two doses of vaccination fell to less than 90%.
Dr. Ben Castan, a London hygiene school and tropical medicine, warned people to trust unproven information on social media.
Dr. KASSTAN-DABUSH said, “We found that in the Covid-199 vaccination program, we found that wrong information could travel quickly and affect people’s decisions. It is important to keep in mind that vaccine information on social media may not be based on scientific evidence.
