Alarming resurgence of measles results in an emergency vaccination campaign

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Geneva, Jan 25: The World Health Organization has called for urgent action to close immunity gaps through vaccination as cases of measles skyrocket in Europe. The alarming resurgence over the past year has resulted in an emergency vaccination campaign.

The sudden outbreak of measles has sounded alarm bells among experts in the US, Europe and several parts of Asia. The number of cases in the European region has skyrocketed to 42,200 in 2023, compared to 941 in 2022.

On January 19, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared the need to boost MMR vaccines in schools where hundreds of cases were reported in the city of Birmingham, England.

There have also been measles outbreaks in France, Austria and Romania. The health ministry in Romania has placed the country on red alert over the growing number of cases.

Kazakhstan and Russia also reported the most infections in countries with over 13,677 and 10,710 infections, respectively.

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