Associated Press Published 3:47 p.m. UTC Aug 20, 2018 Berlin – The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died. The U.N. agency’s European office said Monday more than 41,000 measles cases were reported in the region during the first half of the year – more than in all 12-month periods so far this decade. The previous highest annual total was 23,927 cases in 2017. A year earlier, only 5,273 cases were reported. The agency said half – some 23,000 cases – this year occurred in Ukraine. France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Russia and Serbia also had more than 1,000 infections each. The agency called for better surveillance and increased immunization rates to prevent the disease from becoming endemic. … [Read more...] about Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41K cases, 37 deaths
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Europe urged to vaccinate against ‘dramatic’ measles spread
Lucca de Paoli, Bloomberg Published 10:23 am CDT, Monday, August 20, 2018 Global health officials called for increased vaccination efforts amid burgeoning rates of measles infection in Europe. More people in Europe contracted the potentially deadly virus in the first six months of 2018 than in all of last year, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said Monday. The first-half total was more than seven times the cases seen in all of 2016. Concerns about vaccine-preventable infectious disease are intensifying as immunization rates lag in some areas, and some parents continue to cite concerns about links to side effects that have been debunked by studies. While European childhood vaccination rates increased slightly to 90 percent in 2017, large disparities remain at the local level, according to the WHO. MySA News Videos Now Playing: Now Playing LFD: Occupied vehicle goes up in flames near gas pump in north Laredo Media: Cesar Martinez Man allegedly … [Read more...] about Europe urged to vaccinate against ‘dramatic’ measles spread
Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths
Updated 9:59 am CDT, Monday, August 20, 2018 Photo: Leo Correa, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, a child receives a measles vaccination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Health Organization (WTO) said Monday Aug. 20, 2018, the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 with at least 37 people dead from the disease, and called for increased immunization rates to prevent an endemic. less FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, a child receives a measles vaccination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Health Organization (WTO) said Monday Aug. 20, 2018, the number of measles ... more Photo: Leo Correa, AP Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths 1 / 1 Back to Gallery … [Read more...] about Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths
Poland bans Ukraine activist from Europe, raising questions
Vanessa Gera, Associated Press Updated 7:29 am CDT, Monday, August 20, 2018 Photo: Lyudmyla Kozlovska, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 The Aug. 10, 2017 photo shows Ukrainian activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska,left, and her husband Bartosz Kramek during an anti-government protest in Warsaw, Poland. They hold white roses, a symbol of protest against the Polish ruling party and behind them a banner reads: "Freedom, Equality, Democracy." Poland has used its power as a European Union member to have Kozlovska banned from the entire Schengen passport-free zone, saying she poses a threat to security. But the Warsaw government has given few details explaining the move, and critics are accusing it of abusing its power to intimidate civil society and the country's large Ukrainian minority. (Lyudmyla Kozlovska via AP) less The Aug. 10, 2017 photo shows Ukrainian activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska,left, and her … [Read more...] about Poland bans Ukraine activist from Europe, raising questions
‘All of Africa Is Here’: Where Europe’s Southern Border Is Just a Fence
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Africa Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today's Paper Advertisement Supported by ByRod Nordland Aug. 19, 2018 CEUTA, Spain — For most migrants from Africa, the last stage of their trip to Europe involves some sort of perilous sea crossing. At the border in Ceuta, there is just a fence. Ceuta (pronounced say-YOU-tah) is one of the two Spanish communities on the north coast of what otherwise would be Morocco, the only places where Europe has land borders with Africa. The other enclave is Melilla, farther east along the same coast. Here, all that separates Europe from migrants is a double fence, 20 feet high and topped with barbed wire, stretching the four miles across the peninsula and dividing tiny Ceuta from Morocco — plus 1,100 Spanish federal police and Guardia Civil officers, a paramilitary police force. They patrol a crossing point that has come under growing … [Read more...] about ‘All of Africa Is Here’: Where Europe’s Southern Border Is Just a Fence