Journal article

Epidemiology of measles during the COVID-19 pandemic, a description of the surveillance data, 29 EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom, January to May 2020

The number of measles cases declined in European Union/European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom in 2020. Reported cases to The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control decreased from 710 to 54 between January and May. Epidemic intelligence screening observed a similar trend. Under-diagnoses and under-reporting during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic should be ruled out before concluding reduced measles circulation is because of social distancing and any community control measures taken to control COVID-19.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2020

Publisher

Eurosurveillance

Journal

Eurosurveillance

Volume

31

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Data

Diseases

  • COVID-19

Topic references

IMPACT-COVID-VDP

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
Assessment of Pediatric Outpatient Visits for Notifiable Infectious Diseases in a University Hospital in Beijing During COVID-19et al., Nan Li, Shunli Li, Zujin Luo2020Journal articleEnglish
Epidemiology of measles during the COVID-19 pandemic, a description of the surveillance data, 29 EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom, January to May 2020 Grazina Mirinaviciute, Lucia Pastore Celentano, Nathalie Nicolay, Sabrina Bacci, Thomas Mollet2020Journal articleEnglish