Health Alerts

Romania: Measles now widespread. A local news report has now put the death toll in the measles outbreak at 34 (from 9,100 cases), with another 122 cases recorded last week. The outbreak is widespread and only one of the 41 counties has a clean sheet – Tulcea, a coastal area on the Black Sea. The European Centre for Disease Control report of Sept 3-9 outlines other EU countries reporting cases in 2017 (including Italy - 4,444 cases, Germany – 866 & Czech Republic - 136) and elsewhere on the site posts an update on West Nile Virus fever cases in the region. Read more