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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

With a "national incident" over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?

Europe is experiencing an "alarming rise" in measles cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, with a more than 30-fold rise across the region in 2023.

More than 30,000 measles cases were reported by 40 of the WHO European region’s 53 member states between January and October last year, compared to 941 cases in 2022.

The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths.

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[-] debounced@kbin.run 12 points 7 months ago
[-] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

The big pharmacy chains are all bad, each in their own special way. I'm fortunate to have a few small independent pharmacies to choose from. The one I go to is no nonsense, and I've never waited more than five minutes, and they know my name. Support them while you can.

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