41,000 measles cases in Europe since the beginning of 2018

The Lancet: 41,000 measles cases in Europe since the beginning of 2018

Say what? :eek:

I put this under current events because it's not about medical science. And it's not about a CT because there are lots of reasons antivaxxers cite for their beliefs.

The Telegraph: Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths

Quote:

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died. The U.N. agency's European office said Monday more than 41,000 measles cases were reported in the region during the first half of the year — more than in all 12-month periods so far this decade. The previous highest annual total was 23,927 cases in 2017. A year earlier, only 5,273 cases were reported. The agency said half — some 23,000 cases — this year occurred in Ukraine, where an insurgency backed by Russia has been fighting the government for four years in the east in a conflict that has killed over 10,000 people. France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Russia and Serbia also had more than 1,000 measles infections each so far this year.

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