Overview

• By mid-July, Canada had 3,822 measles cases nationwide, with Alberta’s 1,314 infections surpassing the U.S. total of 1,288.
• New Brunswick declared a south-central outbreak after confirming three measles cases and identifying five more as probable.
• Manitoba recorded 130 confirmed cases, the highest since measles elimination in 1998, raising concerns over low childhood immunization rates.
• The United States logged its worst measles outbreak in 33 years with 1,288 cases across 39 states, resulting in three deaths and more than 160 hospitalizations.
• The United Kingdom reported its first confirmed case on the Wirral after a child’s death in Liverpool and is seeing rising hospital admissions as vaccination rates fall below herd-immunity thresholds.