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THE Disneyland measles outbreak was declared over on Friday, but the death threats and Nazi references are still circulating.

The outbreak, which began at the Californian park in December, has seen . Of the 81 Californians whose vaccination status is known, . As Â鶹´«Ã½ went to press, Californian senators were due to vote on a bill designed to prevent parents exempting their kids from standard school vaccinations rather than genuine medical reasons.

The bill has proved highly contentious, with vociferous protests from the anti-vaccination lobby, and threatening emails sent to the authors’ offices.

The US isn’t the only country struggling with its vaccination rates. The Disneyland outbreak is dwarfed by an ongoing measles epidemic in Germany. As of Monday, there have been 1738 cases reported, quadruple the total number for 2014. The outbreak has led to calls for .

In Australia, the government announced a that will mean withholding welfare payments from parents who fail to have their children immunised. It follows the , who was too young to be vaccinated against the disease.

This article appeared in print under the headline “Hard line on vaccination”