Soccer fans attending the World Cup in Germany may take home more than they bargained for. Measles has broken out in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, which has three cities hosting World Cup games. Fans have been told to get vaccinated as a precaution.
As well as 1300 cases in Germany there have been outbreaks in Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. On 15 June the UK ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ Protection Agency (HPA) announced record numbers of measles cases in England and Wales: 449 by the end of May compared with 438 for the whole of 2003 – previously the largest outbreak since…
