One in Four Large Measles Outbreaks in 2024 Occurred in Countries that Were Free of Measles

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that, in 2024, 59 countries recorded large or disruptive outbreaks: it is one more than in 2023, when there were 58, and three times more than in 2021. What is alarming, the agency warns, is that 25% of these states had been declared free of this disease so far. Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, regrets that “in much of the world, alarms are ring…

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The number of deaths from measles has fallen sharply, but this is not a sign of relaxation. 59 countries reported outbreaks last.