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PRO/EDR> Measles update (45): Japan, Pakistan (NW)
Measles -- JapanThe World Health Organization announced that Japan eradicated measles in March 2015 after a measles outbreak 7 years earlier infected more than 10 000 people.Japan had met a WHO requirement which mandated that domestic cases be brought under control for over 3 years aside. Cases contracted overseas are excluded from the requirement.But a foreign strain of measles known as D8 has seen Japan face a constant stream of imported measles cases since the start of this year [2016], with the Read more [...]
