"The federal service for surveillance in the field of protection of consumer rights and health reports that according to the World Health Organization measles epidemic has been fixed in many regions. Measles spread has been fixed in 28 states of Europe, 76% are the cases of local infection transfer," reads the report.
According to the public health center of the Health Care Ministry of Ukraine, measles morbidity in Ukraine was 70 times higher in 2017 in comparison to 2016. 20 553 cases have been fixed in Ukraine since January, 8331 among adults, 12 222 among children, 11 people have died.
The cause of measles spread is first of all low coverage of people with vaccination.
"Measles spreads on the American continent. The outbreaks were fixed in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Canada and the US," reads the message.
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