Ethiopia: Measles outbreak update

According to The Africa CDC’s Weekly Event-Based Surveillance Report, the EPHI reported 570 new suspected cases and four new deaths (CFR: 0.7%) of measles. Cumulatively, 26,570 suspected cases and 207 deaths (CFR: 0.8%) have been reported from Ethiopia. The outbreak is active in eight of the 11 regions in Ethiopia, four of which account for 81% of the cases: Am hara, Oromia, Somali and South West Ethiopia. Sixty percent (60%) of the cases were children below five years.