measles cases have increased by 79% compared to last year. The WHO warns that we are facing “the perfect storm”, since there are more outbreaks of this disease in the world and vaccination has been reduced because its resources have been diverted, in part, to the campaign against COVID.
As indicated by Jordi Rex, dermatologist, It is a more contagious disease than “omicron, influenza A or even Ebola”. Blanca Carazo, head of UNICEF Cooperation and Emergencies Programs, has assured that the organization has detected for 12 months 21 major outbreaks in different parts of the world. “The strongest have been in Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Ethiopia. Countries with very fragile health systems,” she asserted.
Measles is spread through the air, through coughing. And it manifests itself, as Rex indicates, with “cold, very high fever, neck paincough, skin rash, rash that affects the scalp…”.
In some cases it can be fatal, especially in children under one year of age or in malnourished children. Hence the urgency, experts insist, so that the 59 planned vaccination campaigns can be resumed that were never made, and that left some 73 million children around the world without a vaccine.
In addition, experts believe that the increase in measles cases is just a warning, and that there could be more epidemics that we should not ignore.
Source: Lasexta
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