Six Ukrainian nationals employed at a sausage factory in Morlino near northern Poland’s Ostroda are reported to have been infected with measles, Radio Poland reported January 16.
Another 20 children have been infected with measles in Kyiv over the weekend, according to the Ukrainian TV news service TSN.
Russia's consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Monday warned about the ongoing measles epidemic in Europe and Ukraine and is tightening sanitary control along the Russian borders, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The number of children vaccinated against measles in Kyiv in a single day, on January 11, was five times higher than the usual figure.
Children not vaccinated against measles will not be allowed to visit schools and kindergartens in Kyiv, First Deputy Chairman of Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznyk said at a briefing, referring to the decision of the Commission of Technogenic and Economic Security and Emergencies in Kyiv, an UNIAN correspondent reports.