Massive measles outbreak threatens India’s goal to eliminate disease by 2023

Many children missed routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic and pockets of the country are still struggling to boost immunization rates.
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  1. Gayathri Vaidyanathan
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As health officials rush to control an outbreak of measles in India, scientists say the nation is set to miss its deadline of eliminating the disease by 2023. As of November, India had recorded 12,773 cases of measles this year, according to the World Health Organization, making it the largest outbreak in 2022.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04480-z

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  • Correction 27 December 2022: The caption on the photo at the top of this story said that a health-care worker was administering a vaccine to a child. The child is receiving a measles treatment.

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