London (AP) -127,350 people measles According to the analysis of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, cases reported in Europe and Central Asia in 2024 have doubled twice the number of cases reported in the previous year since 1997.
UN health experts reported in a Thursday report that Romania had more than 30,000 measles infections and 28,147 measles in Kazakhstan.
UNICEF said about 40%of the measles in Europe and Central Asia were in children under 5 years of age and more than half of those who were sick with measles should be hospitalized. Measles are one of the most infectious diseases in the world and spreads into air viruses.
The two doses of measles vaccines are estimated to have 97% effects in preventing disease, which usually infect the respiratory system and cause symptoms including heat, cough, runny nose and rash. In serious cases, measles can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, dehydration and blindness.
Dr. Han Kluge, a European director, said in a statement: “Measles are back and morning call. “If the vaccination rate is not high, there is no health security.”
WHO and UNICEF mentioned that Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro have been vaccinated for measles over 70% and less than 50% of the children in the country. Scientists estimate that more than 95% of the population must be vaccinated to prevent the onset.
after get off During the corona virus epidemic period, measles increased rapidly in 2023 and 2024, and in many countries, the vaccination rate is still lower than the hit to Covid-19. The United Nations said that the number of measles across Europe constitutes about 359,521 infections last year.
Concerns about the safety of measles vaccines have been withdrawn in 1998 after the British doctor Andrew Wakefield published a paper in 1998, and has been withdrawn for decades after connecting measles, fluctuations, and fluctuative vaccines to autism. There was no evidence of causality, and Wakefield had a license to practice medicine in the UK.
British officials said more than 200 cases have been reported in England last month and are expected to be more expected.
Ben Kaastan-Dabush, a global health assistant of London hygiene and tropical medicine, said, “It was not too late to get vaccination.” “Even a small reduction in vaccine can result in fatal consequences.”
In the United States Measles In Texas and New Mexico, it continues to spread to 250 cases, including two deaths of those who are not vaccinated.
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