WHO, UNICEF Warn About Increased Risk of Measles Outbreaks

The WHO and UNICEF are warning about a heightened risk of measles spreading and triggering larger outbreaks this year.

, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization are leaving too many children without protection against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases,” the organizations said.

“It is encouraging that people in many communities are beginning to feel protected enough from COVID-19 to return to more social activities. But doing so in places where children are not receiving routine vaccination creates the perfect storm for the spread of a disease like measles,” Catherine Russell, executive director for UNICEF, said in the statement.

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