Officials with the United Nations reported that the European region last year reported the highest number of measles cases since 1997.
At least 127,350 measles cases were reported across the region last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said in a report released this week. The region includes the entire European continent and several countries in Central Asia.
“Children under five accounted for more than 40 per cent of reported cases in the Region–comprising 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia,” the two UN bodies said in a statement, adding that “more than half of the reported cases required hospitalization” with 38 deaths….