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Japan issues measles warning for travelers to Europe
KYODO
AUG 21, 2017
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The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is advising tourists to get medical attention if they develop a high fever or generalized rash after returning to Japan.
Although the World Health Organization verified in 2015 that Japan had eliminated infections of endemic measles strains, group infections originating from people who contract the disease abroad are spreading in the country.
As of Aug. 6, the number of measles patients in Japan this year had reached 169, already exceeding the total for the previous year.
About 4,100 patients in Italy and around 6,500 patients in Romania had been confirmed as of August, compared with about 860 and 2,000, respectively, for all of last year, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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KYODO
AUG 21, 2017
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The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is advising tourists to get medical attention if they develop a high fever or generalized rash after returning to Japan.
Although the World Health Organization verified in 2015 that Japan had eliminated infections of endemic measles strains, group infections originating from people who contract the disease abroad are spreading in the country.
As of Aug. 6, the number of measles patients in Japan this year had reached 169, already exceeding the total for the previous year.
About 4,100 patients in Italy and around 6,500 patients in Romania had been confirmed as of August, compared with about 860 and 2,000, respectively, for all of last year, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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