With 2.4 million unvaccinated children there, doctors are concerned about how far the outbreak could spread. Vaccination rates have been falling after concern over problems with an unrelated dengue vaccine, called Dengvaxia. The news comes as other parts of the world continue to face increasingly frequent outbreaks, including a new outbreak in the Philippines that has caused 26 deaths with 1,813 cases as of January 26 th – a 74 percent increase from the year before. This means that gaps at local level still offer an open door to the virus.” “While data indicate exceptionally high immunization coverage at regional level, they also reflect a record number affected and killed by the disease. “The picture for 2018 makes it clear that the current pace of progress in raising immunization rates will be insufficient to stop measles circulation,” said WHO regional director for Europe Dr. WHO officials say this rate will need to be maintained to prevent further outbreaks. By the end of 2017, child vaccination rates had bounced back, reaching about 90 percent. This increase fueled Europe’s overall increase, with 25,863 cases in 2017, up to over 82,000 last year.ĭuring its conflict with neighboring Russia, rates of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination fell to 31 percent in Ukraine, among the lowest rates worldwide. Ukraine’s measles rate was also ten times its rate in 2017, with 1,209 cases per one million people. Ukraine saw the highest number of cases by far with 53,218, over ten times the amount of Serbia, which had the next highest number of cases at over 5,000. More than 90 percent of the cases were concentrated in just ten countries, including France, Italy, and Greece, according to BBC News.
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