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Ukrainian health authorities reported an additional 2,138 measles cases last week, up 15 percent from the previous week.
During the week ending November 24, 729 adults and 1,409 children were measles positive.
Since the beginning of 2018, the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has reported 42,040 cases of measles (15,864 adults and 26,176 children). Of this total, 15 people died.
Lviv reported the highest number of cases with 8,835 followed by Ivano-Frankivsk (4,297), Transcarpathia (3,979) and the Odessa region (2,623).
In the Kyiv capital, 2,556 cases were reported.
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Health officials continue to encourage vaccination; In fact, they call this a question of national security, because the health of Ukrainians – all together and everyone in particular – depends on the level of immunization coverage of the country.
As of November 1, the number of children who received the first dose of MMR over time was 76.1%, or two doses of MMR – 77.5%.
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In each region of Ukraine, there are sufficiently effective and high quality vaccines to enable planned and enhanced vaccination.
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