US EditionMeasles Returns to Spain: the Lack of Vaccination Is Behind This Outbreak
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Almost ten years ago, in 2016, Spain certified itself as a measles-free country, a condition that it maintains today thanks to the fact that nearly 98% of the population is vaccinated against the disease. In fact, this injection is part of the mandatory vaccination schedule in Spain. Health, now, has intensified the measles vaccination campaign for this summer, after knowing the latest results of the last report of the National Center of Epidemi…
Health has recommended that citizens review their vaccination status in the face of the worrying increase in measles cases worldwide, an increase that has also affected Spain, a country free of measles since 2016. So far this year, 229 cases of measles have been confirmed in Spanish territory.In the 21st century, with decades of scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety of vaccines, it is alarming that there are still people in Spain who de…
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