Against the backdrop of measles epidemics in several EU countries, on Friday 16 February the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a threat assessment brief showing an increasing number of cases in the European region, in areas where vaccination coverage levels are low, with groups of unvaccinated people.
Infants under 12 months of age who are too young to be immunised represent the largest risk group, with unvaccinated children under 5 years of age,...