Measles in the UK: ‘Elimination status’ is lost
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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Public Health England (PHE) reported yesterday that due to several reasons, the United Kingdom has lost it's WHO measles elimination status. In 2017 the World Health Organization declared that the UK had eliminated measles. However, that elimination status has not been maintained. WHO defines measles elimination as the absence of circulating ["]
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