Measles on the rise

In the past two months, a growing number of measles cases have been reported to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Beijing Morning Post reported.

More than half of the infected people in Beijing and adjacent regions are adults. In China, children are required to be vaccinated against measles at the ages of 8 months and 7 years. Because vaccine immunity fades over time, the CDC suggests that adults under 40 who have not been inoculated against measles in the past five years get a booster shot. Measles can be spread by droplet transmission from the nose, throat, and mouth.