US EditionMeasles Is Endemic Again in Spain
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The Ministry of Health has received the official notification of the European Regional Verification Committee for the Elimination of Measles and Rubeola (CRV), independent expert body of the World Health Organization (WHO), in which it is reported that, following the annual evaluation of epidemiological and laboratory data of 2024, it is considered that the endemic transmission of measles in Spain has been “reestablished”. What does this mean? T…
Spain has again recorded endemic transmission of measles for the first time for almost a decade. The Regional Committee for the Elimination of Measles and Rubella of the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially informed the Ministry of Health that the virus circulates again in a sustained manner in the country. What does it mean that measles is once again endemic? The re-establishment of endemic transmission implies that contagion chains h…
The Spanish Ministry of Health has received the official notification from the European Regional Committee for the Verification of the Elimination of Measles and Rubella (CRV), an independent expert body of the World Health Organization (WHO), in which it is considered that endemic transmission of measles has been reestablished in the state. The decision was made after evaluating epidemiological and laboratory data from 2024. Health explained th…
The WHO notifies Spain and five other countries that they are moving from the status of elimination of the viral disease to that of re-establishment of transmission.
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