The head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has warned of a heightened risk of measles outbreaks in the coming months after substantial numbers of young children missed out on protective vaccinations during the pandemic.
Dr Andrea Ammon also raised concerns about rates of Covid-19 infections among the over-65s, the group at highest risk from the disease.
Highlighting the continuing consequences of the upheavals caused by the pandemic, the ECDC director said some countries had not completed their full childhood vaccination programmes. “So here we will have to have a good look and to catch up on vaccinations, otherwise I think we will face a lot of outbreaks,” she said in an interview.
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