Measles — Brazil
Brazil’s Health Ministry says more than 1000 people have been infected and 5 have died in a measles outbreak linked to cases imported from neighboring Venezuela. The ministry says on its website that 1053 cases of the disease have been reported so far in 2018. All but 31 of these cases have been registered in the northern jungle states of Amazonas and Roraima that share borders with Venezuela, where health services have collapsed amid political and economic turmoil. A total of 4 died in
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