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Spain has ceased to be a measles-free country. The World Health Organization (WHO) has withdrawn this status to our country. It is a decision that has been notified to the Ministry of Health by the European Regional Verification Committee (CRV) after recognizing the restoration of endemic transmission of the virus by having evaluated the data of 2024, registering a total of 227 cases in the territory. Measles is a very contagious disease. It is …
On January 27, the Ministry of Health published a press release stating that it had received a notification from the European Regional Verification Committee for the Elimination of Measles and Rubella (CRV), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), indicating that, after evaluating the epidemiological and laboratory data of 2024, "endemic transmission of measles is considered to have been re-established in Spain."
With 227 confirmed cases, WHO has withdrawn the status of a country free of this infectious disease. The decline in vaccinations is the main cause The post Measles returns to Spain: why does it reappear and how does it affect us? first appeared on Junior Report.
In recent days, the Ministry of Health reported that it reaffirms its commitment to the elimination of measles. This, after being officially notified by the European Regional Verification Committee for the Elimination of Measles and Rubella (CRV), an independent body of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), reported having restored the status of endemic transmission both in the national territory, as in other countries of the Europea…
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