Health Ministry sets up task force to boost measles vaccination

The Health Ministry has set up a task force to increase the number of people getting vaccinated against measles, and is preparing an information and vaccination campaign in regions with low inoculation rates, following an outbreak in Romania, and other European countries.

The task force is coordinated by Vasiliki Papaevangelou, professor of pediatric infectious diseases and a member of the National Immunization Committee and the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).

The first meeting of the working group was held online on February 2, with the aim of assessing the risk of outbreaks in the country and proposing specific actions to prevent and control a possible spread. The task force decided to carry out information campaigns by the Ministry of Health, municipalities and local medical associations, in the areas with low vaccination coverage, while EODY will...