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Rising measles cases in Spain have already caused 50 hospitalizations this year | Society
AdminJune 22, 2024
Fifty people have been hospitalized in Spain this year due to complications from measles, an infection caused by a highly contagious and potentially fatal virus but which is easily preventable with the MMR vaccine, which also protects against rubella and mumps.
This is evidenced by the data of the Ministry of Health and Autonomous Regions, where not a single death was recorded. The disease, which had virtually disappeared from the country during the pandemic, reappeared in some communities in late February due to cases imported from other countries. Since then, the upward trend has continued and has accelerated since late May, with more cases reported in the last three weeks than in the first five months of 2024. In the rest of Europe the situation is more complex: almost 11,000 infections and 16 deaths have been reported over the past year.
A total of 123 cases of the disease were confirmed in Spain in 13 autonomous communities until June 16, according to the latest Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin published by the Carlos III Institute of Public Health (ISCIII), although the actual figure is higher due to delays in notification. . Only Asturias, Cantabria, Navarre and La Rioja, in addition to Ceuta and Melilla, have not confirmed a single case of the disease. Of the cases, 24 are imported, 44 are associated with one of the above cases, and the remaining 48 are still under investigation or the source of infection has not been established...
Rising measles cases in Spain have already caused 50 hospitalizations this year | Society
AdminJune 22, 2024
Fifty people have been hospitalized in Spain this year due to complications from measles, an infection caused by a highly contagious and potentially fatal virus but which is easily preventable with the MMR vaccine, which also protects against rubella and mumps.
This is evidenced by the data of the Ministry of Health and Autonomous Regions, where not a single death was recorded. The disease, which had virtually disappeared from the country during the pandemic, reappeared in some communities in late February due to cases imported from other countries. Since then, the upward trend has continued and has accelerated since late May, with more cases reported in the last three weeks than in the first five months of 2024. In the rest of Europe the situation is more complex: almost 11,000 infections and 16 deaths have been reported over the past year.
A total of 123 cases of the disease were confirmed in Spain in 13 autonomous communities until June 16, according to the latest Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin published by the Carlos III Institute of Public Health (ISCIII), although the actual figure is higher due to delays in notification. . Only Asturias, Cantabria, Navarre and La Rioja, in addition to Ceuta and Melilla, have not confirmed a single case of the disease. Of the cases, 24 are imported, 44 are associated with one of the above cases, and the remaining 48 are still under investigation or the source of infection has not been established...