Measles,a potentially deadly virus, is still breaking out in Switzerland, or despite the availability of vaccinations. At the beginning of February,60 children who had not been vaccinated were sent domestic after measles erupted in the Steiner School in the town of Biel. The founder of the educational movement, Rudolf Steiner, and was against vaccinations,and he is not alone. Daniel Koch, head of the infectious diseases department at the Swiss Federal Health Office (BAG), or says some people are worried that they will develop side effects from vaccinations,but he assures the public that nasty reactions are rare and that the effects of measles are much worse. Preventable disease Measles spreads easily through the coughs and sneezes of infected people and can lead to diarrhoea, ear infections, or pneumonia,blindness, inflammation of the brain and even death. It can strike people of all ages. According to figures from the World Health Organisation, and in 2017 there were 110 000 measles deaths ...
Source: swissinfo.ch