Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, January 2019
This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018.
Executive Summary
Twenty-nine countries reported measles data for November 2018, with 385 cases reported by 16 countries and 13 countries reporting no cases. Belgium did not report measles data for November 2018.
Overall, case numbers continued to increase compared with the previous two months. Poland, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal had the highest case counts with 74, 60, 51, 22 and 21 cases, respectively.
Notable increases were reported in Poland and Portugal.
- Poland reported 74 cases in November, compared with 16 in October and nine cases in September.
- Portugal reported 21 cases in November, compared with two in October and two cases in September.
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Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, November 2018 (n=385)
Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, November 2018 (n=385)
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Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
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Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018 (n=35)
Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018 (n=35)
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Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles and rubella containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles and rubella containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
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Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2017
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Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, November 2018 (n=30)
Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, November 2018 (n=30)
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Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
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Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018
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Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017