The highest number of cases has been alerted in 27 years

“This is a wake -up call”

Highest measles number in Europe and Central Asia for 27 years

Measles are extremely contagious. In 2024, the number of fire in the European region in Virgich would have been disguised for the previous year.

The number of measles infections that have been reported in Europe and Central Asia in 2024 as it has not been more than in 27 years. This was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Aid Unicef. According to this, 127,000 measles cases were reported in the European WHO region-damp. That was loud that so many cases in the previous year and the highest number in the region since 1997.

On the other site of the Atlantic, the virus is currently on the radar again: only a few because of merging the US Bundaat Texas the greatest measles outbreak in 30 years. There, the numbers of the infected rose within a very short time. Above all, unvaccinated and children were affected. You can find out more about this here.

“The measles are back and that is a wake-up call,” Hans Kluge, who of the WHO regional director for Europe, is quoted in the message. In any case, there is no security for dying pesundheit anyway, said Kluge.

Romania wars of the WHO with 30,692 reported tales with the most measles infection in the region, which comprises Europe and Central Asia, followed by Kazakhstan with around 28,000 furs.

In Germany, 553 measles cases were reported for 2024 to September 25th, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The number of registered cases fluctuates very much: from 2020 to 2023, the measles cases were ready for one-and-two-day. Before the pandemic – 2012 to 2019 – it was 165 to around 2,500 per year.

In the WHO region, 40 percent of all registered contagions in children were found in one fades. According to the report, a good half of the sick had to be treated in the hospital. So far, 38 deaths for 2024 have been reported as a result of the disease (as of March 6, 2025).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccination quotas were loud, which overtaken overall in the decrees; In many lenses she neither at the stand of pandemic. According to the notification, this fact increases the risk of sick leave.

Measles are the most contagious disease for humans. The virus triggers almost all non -shaken Menschen symptom. This includes fever, cough and typical rash that spreads all over the body. The Meisten Fäl heal one lasting consequences, but there is the risk of the same other brain, lungs and middle ear theats, the permanent damage and deaths can. Vaccination offers the best protection against the virus.