NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - More than 100 million children could be at risk for measles because countries around the world are suspending national immunisation programmes in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, international public health leaders warned on Monday (April 13).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - More than 100 million children could be at risk for measles because countries around the world are suspending national immunisation programmes in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, international public health leaders warned on Monday .
Dr Robin Nandy, the chief of immunisation for Unicef, acknowledged that finding the balance between guarding against the spread of Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and preventable diseases like measles was delicate and difficult. Countries should be compiling immunisation registries, tracking earlier campaigns and doing risk assessments, to prioritise regions where outbreaks would be most likely and children most vulnerable, he added.
In 2019, the United States reported 1,282 measles cases, its highest in more than 25 years. The measles vaccine has been available for more than 50 years. "Even in resource-rich settings there is a danger of measles raising its ugly head in the not-too-distant future," Dr Kampmann added,"hence it is even more important to sustain routine immunisations."
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