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Measles killed 72 children and adults in the European region in 2018.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Ukraine ranked first among countries in the European Region for the number of measles cases in 2018.
"According to the monthly country reports for the period from January to December 2018 (received on 1 February 2019), 82,596 people in 47 out of 53 countries contracted measles," WHO said in a statement on 7 March. February.
In countries reporting hospitalization data, almost 2/3 (61%) of measles cases were hospitalized.
The total number of people infected with the virus in 2018 was the highest of this decade: 3 times the total number reported in 2017 and 15 times the record number of people reached in 2016.
TOP 10 countries in the European region with the highest number of measles cases:
Ukraine: 53,218
Serbia: 5,076
Israel: 2,919
France: 2,913
Italy: 2,517
Russia: 2,256
Georgia: 2,203
Greece: 2,193
Albania: 1,466
Romania: 1,087.
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