Measles cases down in the Philippines, Still the most in the Pacific

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In 2019, the Philippines was hit hard by a measles outbreak-between 1 January and 31 December 2019, a total of 47,871 cases of measles, including 632 deaths, were recorded, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.6 per cent. In February last year, the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported outbreaks of measles [...]

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