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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned of a significant increase in the number of measles infections worldwide, after increasing by nearly 50% last year by compared to 2017.
"When we see a 50% increase in the number of reported cases, we realize that we are going in the wrong direction," said Kathryn O. Brien, director of the Vaccines and Vital Products Division of FAO, when 39, a press conference.
"Our data show a significant increase in the number of measles cases, as we are seeing in all regions, and we are recording the epidemics that are developing and taking up large volumes," she said.
The WHO figures are provisional as countries have until April to report cases recorded in 2018.
By mid-January, WHO had recorded 229,000 measles cases worldwide in 2018, up from 170,000 in 2017.
"All regions have seen an increase in the number of cases last year," said Katrina Kreitsinger, doctor of the Expanded Program of Expanded Inseminations of WHO, referring to pandemics in Ukraine, Madagascar , Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad and Sierra Leone.
"The region of Europe has recorded about 83,000 cases in 2018 and today, including 53,000 in Ukraine."
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