June 28, 2018.
Measles claimed a second victim this year. The epidemic continues, mainly in New Aquitaine where 57% of cases have been declared.
Measles kills second
Measles claimed another victim in France. Wednesday June 27, Public Health France announced the death of a 26-year-old patient, died as a result of his illness. The agency also reports a second person, also ill with measles, whose prognosis is ” Reserve “. Neither the region nor the sex of these two patients has been specified.
This is the second person to die of measles this year. Santé Publique France recalls that a 32-year-old woman died, under the same conditions, at the Poitiers University Hospital in February.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, region most affected by measles
” After decreasing between 2012 and 2016, the number of measles cases has increased significantly since November 2017. This situation is the consequence of insufficient vaccination coverage in infants, children and young adults. The very clear increase in the number of cases since November 2017 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine continues in 2018, with the occurrence of several epidemic outbreaks in this region as well as in other French regions. », Notes the organization.
On March 26, Santé Publique France revealed that 1,232 people had contracted measles since November 6, 2017. If 69 departments are affected, it is the New Aquitaine region which has the most patients (57% of cases).
Gaelle Latour
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