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The media has reported on a measles outbreak in Berlin, northeast Germany. The outbreak was first indentified in October 2014, among asylum seekers. A total of 375 cases have been reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in the last four months. A spike in new cases was reported during January 2015, with 254 cases recorded, of those, 82 were notified in the last week of the month.
(Via DW Top Stories, Sci-Tech - accessed 11/02/15)
It should be confirmed that children have received their recommended doses of MMR at 12-15 months of age and again pre-school around 3 years 6 months, while unimmunised adults who have not had the disease themselves may consider vaccination if thought to be at risk. Two doses of MMR vaccine are required to give adequate protection.
