WHO EpiBrief, No. 1/2021

This issue of WHO EpiBrief provides an overview of selected epidemiological characteristics of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region based on monthly surveillance data for 2020. The measles and rubella surveillance data presented in this issue were reported by Member States of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and are incorporated in the centralized information system for infectious diseases. The analyses of these data are performed on cases with disease onset dates during 2020. Where these dates were unavailable, cases with the date of notification reported during this period were included.