“The most important reason for the increase in measles cases is anti-vaccination”
Recently, there has been an increase in measles cases. This situation brought along the allegations of “Measles epidemic”. Infectious Diseases Specialist Asst. Prof. Dr. Savaş Vural, who made statements on the subject, stated that the most important reason for the increase in measles cases was the opposition to vaccination.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region Measles and Rubella Report, Turkey became the third country with the highest incidence of the disease, after Russia and Tajikistan, with 457 measles cases in the last year. It is reported that 343 of these 457 measles cases belong to January and February 2023. The most risky group in terms of measles complications and death is under 5 years old. Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Infectious Diseases Specialist Asst. Prof. Dr. Savaş Vural stated that almost all of the cases under the age of 1 and more than half of the children aged 1-4 were unvaccinated.
