WHO and the CDC declares measles as a global imminent threat, Covid to blame - New York Post

Released on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) feared that a record decline of measles vaccination rates and persistent large outbreaks meant that the respiratory virus was an “imminent threat in every region of the world”.

“The paradox of the pandemic is that while vaccines against Covid-19 were developed in record time and deployed in the largest vaccination campaign in history, routine immunization programs were badly disrupted, and millions of kids missed out on lifesaving vaccinations against deadly diseases like measles,” said Dr Ghebreyesus.

The CDC states that nine out of 10 people who are not vaccinated against the disease will become infected in the advent of exposure.

A person in their 50s was infected after traveling to Asia and developed symptoms after returning to Sydney.