Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016.

Cases increased four-fold, with more than 20,000 people affected and 35 deaths.

Fifteen European region countries, including the UK, had large outbreaks, with the highest number of cases in Romania, Italy and Ukraine.

According to BBC News, people shunning vaccination is part of the problem.

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness that can be deadly.

The MMR vaccine can prevent it, but, although research published 20 years ago about a possible link between the vaccine and autism has been discredited, the scare it created damaged some people’s trust of the vaccine.

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