The new tally of American measles cases confirmed by US authorities surpassed the previous high of 667 reached in 2014.
He added that next week, during National Infant Immunization Week, his department will carry out"a comprehensive campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe and effective."
Earlier this month New York's mayor declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn, ordering all residents to be vaccinated to fight measles.Washington state's Clark County has seen the outbreak concentrated among a Russian-speaking community. After a child brought the virus back from Ukraine in December it spread to 74 other people, mostly children, through schools, supermarkets and a bowling alley.
Two does are required to protect children from the disease. But global rates of first dose were reported at 85 percent in 2017, falling to 67 percent for the second dose. The WHO recommends 95 percent for so-called"herd immunity." An estimated 110,000 people, most of them children, died from measles in 2017, a 22 per cent increase from the year before, the UN children's agency UNICEF said.
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