In 2024, South Korea reported its highest measles cases since 2019, with 52 confirmed cases, raising alarms about declining vaccination rates and overseas travel causing outbreaks. The country, which was deemed measles free by the WHO in 2014, now faces a resurgence attributed to international travelers, particularly from Vietnam. Similar issues are reported in the US, Thailand, and Vietnam, with their growing outbreaks highlighting the global vulnerability to measles due to lapses in herd immunity and a need for increased vaccinations in affected regions.
Alarm is growing over outbreaks in the US centred on Texas and in Thailand and Vietnam. The US is enduring the largest measles outbreak in a quarter of a century.
South Korea is not alone in having outbreaks of measles, which experts consider the most infectious communicable disease. The outbreak in South Korea has been attributed to unvaccinated travellers from overseas.
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