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Measles cases jump 79 percent in 2022 after Covid hit vaccination campaigns

The five countries with the largest measles outbreaks in the last 12 months were Somalia, Liberia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Ivory Coast. There have been 21 major outbreaks during that period. Measles cases jump 79 percent in 2022 after Covid hit vaccination campaigns
A vial of measles vaccine is checked at a field logistics base run by Doctors Without Borders in the town of Boso-Manzi in Mongala province in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2020. Reuters
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Published at : April 28, 2022
Updated at : April 28, 2022 11:34
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