KIEV: Eleven people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected this year in a major outbreak of measles in Ukraine, the European country worst hit by the disease, Kiev said Monday.The latest victim was a nine-year-old girl who died from complications Saturday after contracting the highly infectious disease, the health ministry said.Some 30,500 people, including 17,000 children, have been infected so this year.Authorities blame a combination of factors including shortages of vaccine and cuts to health services amid an economic slowdown exacerbated by a five-year conflict with Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.Anti-vaccination sentiment, often driven by online campaigns …read more
Source: theSun
