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66 cases confirmed in Portuguese measles outbreak

ThenumberofconfirmedcasesinameaslesoutbreakinnorthernPortugalhasreached66,thecountry'sDirectorate-GeneralofHealth(DGS)announcedonThursday.Themajorityofthecasesa

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EU witnesses four-fold rise in measles cases

TheEuropeanUnion(EU)iswitnessinganunprecedentedfour-foldincreaseinmeaslescasesduetolowimmunization,warnedtheWorldHealthOrganization.In2017,thediseaseaffected21,

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WHO warns of soaring rates of measles in Europe

Europehasseenabigsurgeinmeaslescasesin2017,whichtheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysisatragedyafterarecordlowof5,273casesin2016.Casesincreasedfour-fold,withmorethan20

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Vietnamese PM asks to take urgent action to control measles outbreaks

Vietnamese prime minister on Wednesday instructed relevant ministries and agencies to take urgent and drastic measures to control measles outbreaks in the country and minimize the fatalities.

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Vietnam sets to give measles vaccination to 200,000 kids from Feb. to April

Vietnam has set to give measles injection to the country's 200,000 9-to-23-month-old babies from February to April 2014 to prevent the epidemic from spreading.