January 11, 2012

According to the reports, which come from European countries, the situation Measles   continues to worsen. The European Union has already registered about 31 thousand cases, the disease for 8 of them ended fatal And for 24 - encephalitis . About half of all cases of diseases in Europe falls on France 4, 500 people contracted measles were registered in Italy, a bit less - in Romania, Spain and Germany. Epidemiological situation began to be pumped and Ukraine - where the affected people with measles have been reported about fifteen hundred.

European Centre for controlling the disease, argues that the spread of measles will have a peak in the winter-spring 2012.

With regard to the Russian Federation, the increase in the number of cases observed and there. However, these figures are not commensurate with the European - a total of about 400 people, the most difficult situation is observed in the Southern and North Caucasian Federal District.

A study last study in 2011, which was organized by scientists from the Republic of Belarus has shown that immunity   more than 91% of the population is able to protect against Virus And it is sufficient to keep the infection under control. By the way, the threshold is 90%. At the same time, people aged between 20 and 30 years the body's ability to resist the measles is reduced to 84%, because of what may occur, and the risk of serious spread of the disease.