'Dramatic' measles increase in Europe: WHO

Updated August 29 2019 - 2:58pm, first published 2:51pm
The WHO says there has been a "dramatic" rise in the number of measles cases in Europe.
The WHO says there has been a "dramatic" rise in the number of measles cases in Europe.

The World Health Organization says there has been a "dramatic resurgence" of measles in Europe, in part fuelled by vaccine refusals, with nearly 90,000 people sickened by the virus in the first half of 2019.

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