US EditionExact Number of Measles Cases in Staffordshire as UK Loses Elimination Status - Stoke-on-Trent Live
- The WHO on Monday stripped the United Kingdom of its measles-free status after 2024 data showed continuous circulation and a rise in infections across Europe.
- Falling vaccine coverage meant outbreaks began in 2023 and intensified through 2024, enabling endemic transmission that failed WHO measles-free criteria of no local spread for a year or longer.
- Local data reveal that since the start of 2024, 957 laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been reported in England, which recorded 2,911 confirmed cases in 2024.
- UK Health Security Agency urged vaccination for all children and catch-up doses for missed vaccines, while NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board advised checking vaccination status, noting at-risk groups.
- Across the region, Spain, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan lost measles elimination status, Canada lost it last year, and the United States is working to retain its status amid rising infections.
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In order to recover the lost status of "measles-free country", coverage must be increased by more than 95%. Adults must also be vaccinated, especially those born after 1978 and those who travel to countries with numerous outbreaks. Read
The institution notes that the WHO decision to withdraw the status of a disease-free country "is a technical decision, subject to epidemiological criteria, which should not generate alarm"
The dangerous disease was considered to have been eradicated, but reoccurred because of the low vaccination rate. Regular consultations could reduce vaccination skepticism.
After 10 years, Spain has just lost the status of a measles-free country. A European committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded, after analyzing the epidemiological and laboratory data of 2024, that the endemic transmission of the virus has been restored in Spain and it cannot be ruled out that there has been a transmission chain of more than a year duration, the conditions to lose the category.
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