Although the infections in schools have started, infections are now ‘everywhere’. GGD Amsterdam speaks of ‘a cluster’. This means that people in a direct small legislation can get infected quickly when they have not been vaccinated. “This is a limited group. We see that infections are extinguished relatively quickly,” a RIVM spokesperson explains AT5.
The vaccination rate in Amsterdam is currently around 80 percent, only when it is 95 percent, infections are not made. “This increases the chance of the number of infections in Amsterdam.”
Spread
The measles are often passed on among young children of brother to sister. “It is important for us to see where the contaminated person has been. So in sports clubs, primary schools, the entire tune. That is often still a work -out work,” said the spokesperson.
The fact that the infections are increasing considerably does not come out of the sky. “We already assumed that this increase was coming, which is why we also advise you to be vaccinated against measles.” Yet that does not happen for various reasons – including religious, principle reasons and vaccination after Corona -. A vaccination no longer makes sense with infections, then the only solution remains.
Contageous
Measles is more contagious than the flu and is caused by an infection with the measles virus. The disease mainly occurs in younger children and is one of the main causes of death among young children worldwide. In the Netherlands, that chance is smaller: 1 in 10,000 cases die in our country. Here Do you find more about the course of the disease of measles.
The incubation time of measles lasts one to two weeks, looking out for a week to 10 days. Last January there were three people measles In the OLVG West. An extensive contact examination was then done by the hospital because of their contagiousness.
The National Vaccination Program has been offering a vaccination against measles since 1976, after which the number of infections was low. Every 10 to 15 years there is a larger outbreak in the Netherlands due to not vaccinating. A last major outbreak was in 2013/2014. Since 2024, the number of infections with the measles virus has been increasing again.