164 measles cases, 2 deaths (3)

(ANSA) - Rome, February 23 - Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said Friday there had been 164 measles cases and two deaths in Italy as of January 2018. She said the two deaths were a 41-year-old and a 38-year-old, both with serious respiratory problems.
    Lorenzin said "many" of the 164 cases featured people who had been admitted to hospital because of pulmonary complications.