JUST IN: Measles is an 'imminent threat' around the world, according to a new joint report released by the CDC and the WHO.
November 23, 2022, 2:01 PMManjurul/Getty Images/iStockphotoby the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
"The paradox of the pandemic is that while vaccines against COVID-19 were developed in record time and deployed in the largest vaccination campaign in history, routine immunization programs were badly disrupted, and millions of kids missed out on life-saving vaccinations against deadly diseases like measles," said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, in a statement."Getting immunization programs back on track is absolutely critical.
However, just 81% of children globally have received the first dose and 71% have received the second dose, the lowest coverage worldwide seen since 2008. "The record number of children under-immunized and susceptible to measles shows the profound damage immunization systems have sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.
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