EU health watchdog urges vaccinations to stem surge in Whooping Cough cases

STOCKHOLM, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) called for member states to increase their vaccination efforts in response to a significant increase in reported cases of Whooping Cough.

The ECDC said in a press release that from 2023 to April this year, nearly 60,000 cases of potentially fatal infection were reported by countries in the European Union/European Economic Area -- a tenfold increase compared to the previous two years, with over 32,000 cases reported between January and March alone.