Plagues,
Pestilences and Diseases
WHO reports major measles outbreak in Europe
* From: AAP
* April 21, 2011 8:30PM
THE World Health Organisation says there is an outbreak of measles
in Europe with more than 6500 cases reported in 33 nations.
WHO officials released figures today showing three of every four
of the reported cases have been in France.
The figures show that as of Monday there were 4937 reported cases
in France between January and March, compared with 5090 during all
of 2010.
Spain reported more than 600 cases in Andalusia in two outbreaks
since October. Sevilla had more than 350 cases, Granada, about 250
cases.
Macedonia reported 636 cases since September, including 400 this
year. The capital, Skopje, is most affected.
WHO said outbreaks and rising case numbers were reported in
Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia and
Switzerland.