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THE World Health Organisation says there is an outbreak of measles in Europe with more than 6500 cases reported in 33 nations.
WHO officials released figures today showing three of every four of the reported cases have been in France.
The figures show that as of Monday there were 4937 reported cases in France between January and March, compared with 5090 during all of 2010.
Spain reported more than 600 cases in Andalusia in two outbreaks since October. Sevilla had more than 350 cases, Granada, about 250 cases.
Macedonia reported 636 cases since September, including 400 this year. The capital, Skopje, is most affected.
WHO said outbreaks and rising case numbers were reported in Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia and Switzerland.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...#ixzz1K9yyxdbn
THE World Health Organisation says there is an outbreak of measles in Europe with more than 6500 cases reported in 33 nations.
WHO officials released figures today showing three of every four of the reported cases have been in France.
The figures show that as of Monday there were 4937 reported cases in France between January and March, compared with 5090 during all of 2010.
Spain reported more than 600 cases in Andalusia in two outbreaks since October. Sevilla had more than 350 cases, Granada, about 250 cases.
Macedonia reported 636 cases since September, including 400 this year. The capital, Skopje, is most affected.
WHO said outbreaks and rising case numbers were reported in Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia and Switzerland.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...#ixzz1K9yyxdbn