NIZP-PZH: 808 cases of measles in Poland this year

From January 1 to April 30, as many as 808 measles cases were recorded in Poland, according to a report from the National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene. This is fifteen times more than in the same period of last year, when 54 such cases were recorded.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is sounding the alarm. In the first quarter of this year, about 112,000 reported cases of measles came from 170 countries. In the first quarter of last year, there were 28,000.
Measles is an acute viral infectious disease. Vaccination is the only known way to protect against disease.
(PAP)