According to BBC News, the United Kingdom, Greece, Czech Republic and Albania have all been stripped of their measles eradication status by the World Health Organization.

Close to 365,000 cases have been reported worldwide this year, the WHO said, almost three times as many as in the first half of 2018.

Countries are declared measles-free when there is no endemic transmission for 12 months in a specific geographic area.

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