(ANSA) - Rome, march 16 - The health ministry said Thursday
that there has been a worrying increase in the number of measles
cases registered so far this year. It said there have been 700
cases since the start of the year, a rise of 230% on the 200
registered in the same period last year. There were 844 cases in
the whole of 2016. It said the majority of cases were reported
on Piedmont, Lazio, Lombardy, Tuscany. Most of them involved
people aged between 15 and 39.
230% measles rise
Most cases in Piedmont, Lazio, Lombardy, Tuscany