Cases of measles in Africa rise by 700 percent: UN body

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Parts of Africa are grappling with an outbreak of measles and the preventable disease is making a comeback because many people here

aren’t getting vaccinated.

The World Health Organization says cases on the continent have surged by 700 percent this year alone.

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