Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, December 2018
This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018.
Executive Summary
Twenty-nine countries reported measles data for October 2018, with 279 cases reported by 15 countries and 14 countries reporting no cases. Latvia did not report measles data for October 2018 (Figure 1).
Overall, case numbers changed little compared with the previous month. Italy, France and Romania had the highest case counts with 75, 68 and 54 cases respectively (Table 1).
The largest decreases were reported in Slovakia and Germany.
- Slovakia reported 16 cases in October, compared with 28 in September and 87 cases in August.
- Germany reported 13 cases in October, compared with 25 in September and 29 cases in August
The largest increases were reported in France and Italy.
- France reported 68 cases in October, compared with 37 in September and 29 cases in August.
- Italy reported 75 cases in October, compared with 49 in September and 69 cases in August.
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Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, October 2018 (n=279)
Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, October 2018 (n=279)
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Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
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Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018 (n=37) Importation
Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018 (n=37)
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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, October 2018 (n=36)
Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, October 2018 (n=36)
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Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
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Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 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
