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Two new cases of measles diagnosed in Estonia
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A man who had returned from an overseas trip and a woman with whom he came in contact were diagnosed with measles in Saaremaa this week.
This year, four cases of measles have been diagnosed in Estonia, which in 2016 had been listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as among the countries which had eliminated endemic measles. Last month, an unvaccinated child contracted the disease on an overseas trip; their mother caught it in turn upon their return to Estonia.
It is not currently known whether the woman to contract measles this week was vaccinated or not; the man had been vaccinated with only one of two doses of the measles vaccine...
Two new cases of measles diagnosed in Estonia
News
today at 09.35
A man who had returned from an overseas trip and a woman with whom he came in contact were diagnosed with measles in Saaremaa this week.
This year, four cases of measles have been diagnosed in Estonia, which in 2016 had been listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as among the countries which had eliminated endemic measles. Last month, an unvaccinated child contracted the disease on an overseas trip; their mother caught it in turn upon their return to Estonia.
It is not currently known whether the woman to contract measles this week was vaccinated or not; the man had been vaccinated with only one of two doses of the measles vaccine...