Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, March 2019
This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.
Executive Summary
Twenty-nine countries reported measles data for January 2019, with 881 cases reported by 19 countries and 10 countries reporting no cases. Germany did not report measles data for January 2019.
Overall, case numbers continued to increase compared with the previous two months. Romania, Italy, Poland and France had the highest case counts with 261, 165, 133 and 124 cases, respectively.
Notable increases were reported in Italy, Poland, France and Austria.
- Italy reported 165 cases in January, compared with 76 in December and 58 in November.
- Poland reported 133 cases in January, compared with 114 in December and 79 in November.
- France reported 124 cases in January, compared with 54 in December and 61 in November.
- Austria reported 25 cases in January, compared with one in December and four in November.
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Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, January 2019 (n=881)
Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, January 2019 (n=881)
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Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
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Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019 (n=33)
Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019 (n=33)
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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, January 2019 (n=56)
Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, January 2019 (n=56)
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Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
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Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019
