ECDC has published Measles continues to spread across the EU/EEA – No time for complacency. Excerpt:
The most recent ECDC Measles Annual Epidemiological Report published today shows that in 2019, a total of 13 200 cases were reported by the EU/EEA countries and UK.
In 2019 all EU/EEA countries and the UK reported measles cases. The data shows a decline in measles cases compared to 2017 and 2018 data, when approximately 18 000 cases were reported for each year but this is much higher than the number of cases observed in 2015–2016 (around 4 000 for 2015 and 4 600 cases for 2016) before the start of the current epidemic in Europe. More recent data from the first two months of 2020 also shows fewer cases (1 032) as compared to the first months of the previous three years (average of 3 072 cases).
Despite this decline, the fact that measles cases continue to occur across the EU/EEA shows that vaccination coverage in many countries remains suboptimal.
