Six people infected with measles
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Six people infected with measles outside Urkult festival outbreak

A total of six people who did not attend the Urkult festival have fallen ill with measles.

A total of 35 people have now been infected in the measles outbreak at the Urkult festival, according to the Public Health Agency of Sweden's latest update. Twenty-nine of them were infected during the festival, while the remaining six were infected by someone who had been there.

The majority of those infected are school-age children and young adults. Most of those who have fallen ill were unvaccinated.

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