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Measles eradicated in Sri Lanka

July 14 , 2019 1966 days 793 0
  • Sri Lanka has been declared to be free of the highly infectious “measles” disease by the World Health Organization.
  • It reported the last case of the homegrown virus infection in May 2016.
  • In recent times, measles has seen resurgence in high-income countries like the US and Europe.

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