By mid-April, German health officials had counted 410 measles cases compared with 325 total in 2016, BBC reported. 16-YEAR-OLD IDENTIFIED AS VICTIM IN BOTULISM OUTBREAK"Nobody can be indifferent to the fact that people are still dying of measles," German Health Minister Hermann Groehe told Bild newspaper, according to Reuters. Germany is set to pass a law next week that will require kindergartens to inform authorities if parents have failed to consult a doctor about vaccinating their children, with those who refuse advice subject to fines worth up to $2,800. In doing so, officials criticized wide-spread "anti-scientific" theories and accused the 5-Star movement of creating fear about vaccine safety. The law, expected to take effect on June 1, comes as leaders across Europe move to tighten vaccination laws amid a spike in measles, chicken pox and mumps.
German kindergartens to name parents who skip vaccine advice
The German government wants kindergartens to inform authorities if parents fail to prove they have attended a doctors' consultation on child vaccinations. Authorities already can impose a fine of 2,500 euros ($2,800) on parents who persistently refuse to attend the vaccine consultations, compulsory for children attending kindergarten. But the authorities didn't always know which parents had dodged the consultations. A 37-year-old woman died of the disease this month in the western city of Essen. These have dropped in recent years, exposing children and adults to potentially dangerous illnesses such as measles.collected by :Lucy William
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