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Five people are dead as America's worst measles outbreak in 35 years tops 1,350 cases in Pennsylvania's Amish country

Five deaths have been recorded as the outbreak spreads faster than contact tracers can track, with some Amish and Mennonite residents now showing greater openness to vaccination.
Five deaths have been recorded as the outbreak spreads faster than contact tracers can track, with some Amish and Mennonite residents now showing greater openness to vaccination.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — home to the largest Amish community in the United States — has become the epicentre of the outbreak, with health officials warning 'no one should feel safe' as the death toll reaches five and case numbers accelerate past 1,350.

Cases are rising faster than contact tracers can track them, with the outbreak now the worst in the US for 35 years.

Despite deep religious scepticism toward modern medicine, some Amish and Mennonite community members are now showing greater openness to vaccination, offering public health officials their first real foothold.

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