State Health Institute records rising number of infections including measles and diphtheria

In addition to whooping cough, the State Institute of Health has recorded a year-on-year increase in other infections, such as measles, legionella, scabies and diphtheria, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The number of various types of hepatitis or tropical disease such as dengue fever and malaria also increased year-on-year during the first three months of 2024.

The Association of Health Insurance Companies has warned that the increase concerns even diseases against which vaccination is compulsory,

Among the factors behind the trend is the declining immunity with increasing age, migration as well as the fact that about seven percent of the Czech population refuses to be vaccinated.