More and more measles cases in Austria – urgent appeal to the population. By February there will be almost as many cases as in the whole of 2023.
There were 59 cases of measles in Tyrol alone. Last year, 186 measles cases were recorded in the reporting system. Of these, 49 people were treated in hospital. Measles is not a harmless disease. Around one in ten affected people experience complications. For ten to 20 percent, this occurs in 20 to 1000 cases. In addition to the Federal Republic, other European countries are struggling with the infectious disease.