Ukraine war: Attacks, damaged health system may lead to surge in infectious disease cases

March 17, 2022

Experts warn the Russian invasion into Ukraine may cause cases of polio, cholera and measles to surge because the infectious diseases thrive on the war’s unsanitary conditions, according to CNN.

“In terms of what we call vaccine-preventable diseases, the status in Ukraine was that the population was not vaccinated to the extent which you would get herd immunity like you would in many other European countries or in the US,” said Kate White, an emergency program manager for Doctors Without Borders, on Tuesday.

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