According to the World Health Organization (WHO), measles 2024-es The number is at least the same as last year. Dr Patrick O'Connor of the World Health Organization's ESCMID warned that some countries could lose their “elimination status” when it is reviewed in September. European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (in Hungarian) at the World Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectology in Barcelona on Saturday.
“Measles virus is highly contagious, and gaps in immunization coverage represent a potential risk of outbreaks,” Dr O'Connor said.
Therefore, coverage must be high, but at the same time uniform and fair. Large-scale measles outbreaks and their continued spread are always a concern, and achieving and maintaining measles elimination can be difficult.
– added the specialist Sky News according to. He said the measles vaccine prevented an estimated 57 million deaths between 2000 and 2022.
Measles vaccination was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1968 and until recently the disease has been almost completely eradicated due to its widespread use. However, vaccination rates have declined. The World Health Organization declared the UK measles-free in 2017, but that status was withdrawn in 2019 after a sharp rise in cases. Actions taken to stop the spread of Covid also stopped the spread of measles and the UK regained measles elimination status in 2021.
But England is now facing a measles emergency, with nearly 900 cases recorded this year – a sharp rise from 368 cases in 2023. Health workers say the current outbreak, which began in the West Midlands last year, has now spread To all regions of the country.
There were 321,582 cases worldwide in 2023 – an 88 percent increase on the previous year, when 171,153 cases were recorded.
The main symptoms of measles are high temperature, soreness, redness, watery eyes, coughing, sneezing, and a rash that usually appears after the initial symptoms. The majority of measles cases have occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Worldwide, the highest rates occurred in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Yemen.
The number of countries affected by large or devastating measles epidemics – where 20 cases per million people are reported continuously for 12 months – has risen from 17 to 51, tripling.
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