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Croatia struggles to contain whooping cough epidemic
Wednesday 29 November 2023 - 15:31pm
ZAGREB - Croatia was struggling to contain a whooping cough epidemic that health officials said Wednesday was due in part to a drop in inoculation rates linked to the growth of the anti-vaccine movement.
So far in 2023, more than 1,100 whooping cough cases have been reported across Croatia -- the highest number in the past decade, according to the national public health institute.
In the past few years, around 50 cases of whooping cough were recorded annually.
Experts said whooping cough's spread was also due to lower levels of natural immunity resulting from pandemic quarantine measures that had the knock-on effect of stemming other infections...
Croatia struggles to contain whooping cough epidemic
Wednesday 29 November 2023 - 15:31pm
ZAGREB - Croatia was struggling to contain a whooping cough epidemic that health officials said Wednesday was due in part to a drop in inoculation rates linked to the growth of the anti-vaccine movement.
So far in 2023, more than 1,100 whooping cough cases have been reported across Croatia -- the highest number in the past decade, according to the national public health institute.
In the past few years, around 50 cases of whooping cough were recorded annually.
Experts said whooping cough's spread was also due to lower levels of natural immunity resulting from pandemic quarantine measures that had the knock-on effect of stemming other infections...