Call for measles shots ahead of Euro 2008.

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Football fans travelling to Switzerland and Austria in June should get a measles vaccine if their immunity is unclear, the World Health Organization has advised. Both host countries are experiencing measles outbreaks and health experts fear the contagious disease could spread widely during the tournament from June 7 to 29.

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"There is a big worry in a stadium environment where you have 30,000 people very close to each other," said Hayatee Hasan, a spokeswoman for the United Nations agency based in Geneva.

About five million people are expected to...

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