Europe sees 'alarming' 30-fold increase in measles cases
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With a "national incident" over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?

With a “national incident” over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?

Europe is experiencing an “alarming rise” in measles cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, with a more than 30-fold rise across the region in 2023.

More than 30,000 measles cases were reported by 40 of the WHO European region’s 53 member states between January and October last year, compared to 941 cases in 2022.

The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths.

  • @[email protected]English
    34•5 months ago

    I super understand the urge to laugh but then I think of all the babies, cancer victims, organ transplant recipients, and immunocompromised children who cannot get the vaccine and are now at significantly greater risk than a decade ago thanks to anti science wingnuts.

        • @[email protected]English
          6•5 months ago

          I’m more likely to blame various governments for failing to properly fund the NHS so that outreach programs can support young mothers pre/post giving birth, and providing the information about how and when to vaccinate their kids.

          Otherwise they’re implicitly being told to “so their own research”.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•5 months ago

            Isn’t cuts to the NHS what the British people voted for with Thatcher and Blair? Idk, not an expert on British politics

        • @[email protected]English
          1•5 months ago

          I don’t have personal experience, but it sounds like it is free, but the service is overstretched.