2019–2020 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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In 2019, a measles epidemic broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The epidemic started in early 2019 in the southeast corner of the DRC and then spread to all provinces.[1][2] By June 2019 the epidemic was reported to have exceeded the death toll of the concurrent Ebola epidemic.[3] By April 2020, it had infected more than 341,000 people and claimed about 6,400 fatalities.[4] This has primarily affected children under the age of five,[2] representing 74% of infections and nearly 90% of deaths.[5]