Should we be worried about the spread of measles in Europe?

2024-08-16 18:30:49

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Published at 6:56 pm yesterday, updated at 8:30 pm yesterday

A child infected with the measles virus is treated at a hospital near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday. Zanem Neti Zaidi/Xinhua News Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

Decrypt- The World Health Organization recently raised its highest level of international alert in response to a resurgence of the measles virus in Africa. On Friday evening, Gabriel Attal announced that the health system was on “maximum alert”. What do we know about the current variants?

On Wednesday, August 14, in the face of the new coronavirus epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the highest level of international health alert. MPO outbreak in AfricaSince the beginning of the year, the virus has sickened more than 16,000 people and killed 548 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the worst-affected country. After report The first imported case from Africaone case in Sweden and three in Pakistan, are apparently linked to a potentially more dangerous new variant, with European health authorities urging a high level of vigilance. They warned that other cases of MPO would soon be discovered in Europe. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal also announced his resignation Putting health systems at the “maximum alert state». What is this new variant? Should we be worried about his arrival in France?

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