Measles cases rose nearly four-fold in first quarter 2019: WHO

GENEVA: The number of measles cases worldwide nearly quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 against the same period last year, the World Health Organisation said on Monday, citing provisional data.

Fresh outbreaks have hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sudan, Thailand and Ukraine,"causing many deaths - mostly among young children", the WHO said.

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