Reacción a "Preliminary data show that measles cases in Europe declined in 2025, although they increased in countries such as Spain"

The almost 34,000 measles cases provisionally reported in Europe during 2025 represent a very large decrease of nearly 75 % compared with the number of cases in 2024 and, while this is good news, it should still give us cause for concern. The fact that so many cases of a disease that is easily preventable through the use of the excellent vaccines available to us continue to occur simply reflects shortcomings in the system, meaning that across the continent we are still not able to achieve the high vaccination coverage needed to interrupt transmission of this highly contagious and dangerous virus.

We should welcome this reduction in case numbers without complacency, but there is still a great deal of work to be done to recertify every European country as free from transmission of this disease.