Directorate-General for Health indicates that Portugal has registered 14 cases of measles since the beginning of the year

DGS has registered 14 confirmed cases of measles since the beginning of the year. The Measles content. DGS has registered 14 confirmed cases since the beginning of the year and appears first in Jornal i.

Most cases were registered in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, “related to imported cases”, and the DGS warned of a possible spread in communities with little vaccination coverage.

Since January, 14 cases of measles have been confirmed in Portugal: 1 case in the Centro region and the other 13 in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions. Despite the concern, DGS considers that a large outbreak is less likely to occur due to the very high number of people vaccinated.