Prognosis
Measles Cases Reach 23-Year High, Killing More Than 200,000
- Vaccination rate has drifted down worldwide, WHO warns
- Covid put 94 million people at risk of not getting immunized
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Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The global total for confirmed measles infections rose to 869,770 last year, the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in a report released Thursday. The number of deaths soared by 50% compared with a low reached in 2016.