The Center for Public Health informed Tuesday that a decision was made to declare a measles epidemic on the entire territory of Macedonia.

So far, measles epidemic was only declared in Skopje and Struga.

The Center informs that there are currently 70 cases, of which 7 people are in critical condition.

The highest number of cases, or 126 people, was registered last week. The total number of measles cases at the moment is 960.