DR Congo measles: More than 6,000 dead in world’s worst outbreak (BBC)

The number of people killed by a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 6,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

The WHO says the epidemic is the world’s largest and fastest moving.

Around 310,000 suspected measles cases have been reported since the start of 2019, the WHO says.

The Congolese government and the WHO launched an emergency vaccination programme last September. Read more