In the first quarter of this year, Russians began to be tested for measles immunity twice as often compared to the same period in 2022. It turned out that 72% of citizens have no protection against this virus.
In the Stavropol Territory, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and the Leningrad region, residents without measles immunity make up 80% of those who have been tested for antibodies to the virus. In St. Petersburg and Moscow, this figure was set at 75-77%, in the Moscow region – 73%. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
It should be noted that the first measles vaccine for children is given at one year, and the second at six. After that, immunity develops in 95% of cases and lasts for 18 years, gradually weakening. Adults are advised to have their measles antibody levels checked every five years and revaccinated if necessary.
Earlier, The Eastern Herald in Veliky Novgorod reported that in the next ten years a new pandemic may arise in the world with mortality from the coronavirus.
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