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The Reliable information on vaccines project organised Vaccines Work, a morning seminar for media and journalists at the Pharmaceutical Information Centre on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 as part of the WHO European Immunisation Week 2017 event. The seminar featured two expert talks and the publication of the results of a population survey.

Cases of measles have increased in the European countries in which vaccination coverage has fallen below the critical level of 95 per cent. The highest numbers of new infections are in Italy and Romania.