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Virus Shutdown Could Trigger Deadly Surge in Measles

Sonya Yanchuk, age 1, sits in her mother Nadia Yanchuk's lap as nurse Mariana Gonchara administers a measles vaccine shot in a health clinic in Kiev, Ukraine. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

By Bill Hoffmann | Monday, 20 April 2020 07:30 AM EDT

World health authorities are warning the global obsession with COVID-19 may trigger a resurgence in another viral killer: measles.

The reason: Measles vaccination programs around the world have been shut down due to efforts to stem the coronavirus contagion.

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