Soccer fans attending the World Cup in Germany may take home more than they bargained for. Measles has broken out in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, which has three cities hosting World Cup games. Fans have been told to get vaccinated as a precaution.
As well as 1300 cases in Germany there have been outbreaks in Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. On 15 June the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced record numbers of measles cases in England and Wales: 449 by the end of May compared with 438 for the whole of 2003 – previously the largest outbreak since…
