Belgium: 2019 Measles

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Source: https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-ne...son-continues/

Measles outbreak in Walloon prison continues
Friday, 31 May 2019
Lantin Prison is a minimum detention centre located in Lantin near Li?ge in Belgium.

For several days, Lantin prison ? in Wallonia ? has been faced with a measles epidemic, with new cases continuing to arise in the quarantined prison.

At the last count, just before the public holiday, six inmates and three guards were infected with the highly contagious disease that causes colds, fever and a severe rash.

Since the outbreak, prisoners have been confined to their cells, meaning no courtyard time and no visitors. If the situation persists, Lantin risks turning into a pressure cooker, with one prisoner telling RTBF that tension is rising in the prison: some prisoners are screaming and knocking on doors...

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Source: https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgiu...cination-rate/

Measles on the rise in Belgium and across Europe
Friday, 08 November 2019

Measles continues to be on the rise in Belgium and across the rest of Europe.

In the first nine months of 2019, 397 cases of measles were recorded in Belgium, compared with 117 cases in the whole of 2018, Dr. Monalisa Zampieri of the Saint-Pierre Hospital told L’Echo.

“Belgium is therefore far from achieving the World Health Organisation (WHO) target for the elimination of measles; less than one case per million inhabitants,” Zampieri explained.

Belgium’s figures mean that it is also at risk of losing its status of “country in transition” towards the elimination of measles, meaning that a country has gone more than 12 months without continuous transmission of the disease, conferred to it by the WHO in 2018...