30 November 2018: Measles - Epidemiological Update

In 2018, as of 30 November, a total of 16,039 confirmed measles cases, including 86 deaths, have been reported in 12 countries of the Region of the Americas: Antigua and Barbuda (1 case), Argentina (14 cases), Brazil (9,898 cases, including 13 deaths), Canada (27 cases), Chile (2 cases), Colombia (171 cases), Ecuador (19 cases), Guatemala (1 case), Mexico (5 cases), Peru (38 cases), the United States of America (220 cases), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (5,6431 cases, including 73 deaths). Chile is now part of the list of countries that have reported confirmed cases of measles in 2018.