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Finland: Measles Epidemic threatens

Tonka

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http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=231078

Swedish to English translation

Measles Epidemic threatens

A measles epidemic is raging in Europe
20/11/2011 07:35 - See larger image - Photo: Ed Oudenaarde / EPA
The number of Finns who have fallen ill with measles has increased fivefold this year, writes Sunday annex Sunnuntaisuomalainen. This year, at least 26 people have been infected. Usually reveals one or two cases per year.

According to the National Institute for Health and Welfare is the cause of measles epidemic that is raging in Europe. For example, in France, 14,000 people become infected this year. One reason for the many measles cases is that some parents do not want to let their children immunized. 97 percent of all children under two years have been vaccinated against measles. Every year about 200 children without vaccine, writes Sunnuntaisuomalainen. In August, five people became ill in the armed forces and in the spring, spread disease in the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District of HUS and 20 people became ill
 
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