Global measles deaths surge to 142,000, WHO estimates
Children make up most deaths from the highly contagious disease
05 December 2019 - 20:40
London — Measles infected nearly 10-million people in 2018 and killed more than 142,000, mostly children, as outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.
In figures described by its director-general as “an outrage”, the WHO said most of 2018’s measles deaths were in children under five years old who had not been vaccinated...
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