Swiss Say Fans Should Get Measles Shot

By ELIANE ENGELER, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Health

(AP) -- Soccer fans and players should take precautions against measles before coming to Switzerland for the European Championship in June, authorities said Thursday. The highly contagious disease has infected more than 420 people this year in the Alpine nation, which is co-hosting with Austria the soccer event that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans and tourists.

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