In a week, 615 people fell ill with measles in Ukraine, half of them were children.
Ukraine confirms its dubious title as a leader in measles incidence; the past week was marked by a new outbreak.
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In seven days, from August 14 to 21, more than 600 people fell ill with measles in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Of the 615 cases, 314 were children.
In total, since the beginning of the year, 29 people have fallen ill with measles in the country, 444 adults and 12 children, the Ministry of Health clarifies.
In the first positions are Lviv region (5 cases), Transcarpathia (743 people), Ivano-Frankivsk region (2 people), Odessa region (981 people), Kiev (2 people), Ternopil region (731 people).
Moreover, since the beginning of the year, 13 people have died from complications caused by measles: 9 children and 4 adults.
English version :: Read in English In one week, 615 people in Ukraine fell ill with measles, half of them children.