SUMMARY - Britain, Spain, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent. To be considered measles-free by the WHO, a country must have no locally transmitted cases of the same strain for 12 months or longer. The decision to strip certain European countries of their status was made last September based on data from 2024. But the WHO only released the information on Monday after getting sign-off from every country involved.
LINK - https://www.dawn.com/news/1969341/european-countries-including-uk-lose-measles-elimination-status
