A serious outbreak measlesEurope has been experiencing lately, with the disease reappearing in four of its countries, including the United Kingdom and Greece, where it was considered until now to have been eradicated, he emphasizes expressing strong concern in his report published today by the World Health Organization ( WHO), appealing to intensify the campaigns vaccination.
The EINAP president, Matina Pagonis he mentioned the viruses, the coronavirus, as well as the outbreak of measles that is being observed.
“Coronavirus is in remission, viruses continue, flu continues. This will go until the end of February, according to the figures. The point is that caution is needed, older adults with underlying medical conditions should be vaccinated against the coronavirus. And the children have been given instructions. The children’s infections continue,” he initially said.
Regarding measles: “measles is a viral infection. Now what happened in the euro and from 2022 onwards we went from 914 incidents to 30,000 in 2023, the questions are too many. The measles vaccine is two doses. During this time, many parents only took one dose and thus the protection is not covered. Then it spread. The children now have to go and be vaccinated with instructions from pediatricians. Measles is not so much of a concern, but the complications of measles are meningitis, encephalitis and pneumonia.”
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