measles vaccination [유니세프 홈페이지 캡처]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have warned that a measles epidemic threatens to emerge as measles vaccination rates have fallen due to the COVID pandemic -19.
According to Reuters and the Associated Press, a joint report by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly 40 million children worldwide missed the measles vaccine last year.
Measles is so contagious that at least 95% of the population must be immunized to prevent an epidemic.
However, it was found that only 81% of children received one vaccination last year and 71% of children received two vaccinations last year.
This is the lowest number since 2008 per dose.
Measles is one of the vaccinations for babies and toddlers, which is supposed to be given twice, but the measles vaccination rate seems to have fallen as the current medical system has been shaken by the Corona 19 pandemic and false news spread over vaccination.
“The record numbers of children without immunity to measles show that the defense system has been severely damaged during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Rochelle Wallensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. states
There are also signs of a measles epidemic in some parts of the United States.
Currently, the vaccination rate among infants and toddlers in the United States is 90.4%, which is below the minimum protection line of 95%.
