New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, issued a new epidemiological alert following a surge of measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico reporting the highest numbers. It also called for urgent vaccination campaigns, highlighting that 78% of recent cases involved unvaccinated people.

The alert, announced on Wednesday, follows Canada's loss of measles-free status in November - a setback the United States and Mexico could soon mirror. While both governments have requested a two-month extension to contain their respective outbreaks, the situation is complicated by the Trump administration's January withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the parent agency of PAHO.

Current data is discouraging; the upwa...