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Detailed explanation-1: -Sri Lanka is the fourth country in the WHO South-East Asia Region, after Bhutan, Maldives, and Timor-Leste, to eliminate measles and control rubella. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Tuesday declared that measles disease has been eradicated in the island nation of Sri Lanka.
Detailed explanation-2: -The global increase in vaccination coverage for measles and rubella has substantially reduced infections and disease burden. Measles has been eradicated from 81 countries and rubella from 93 countries as of January 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -Measles is one of the most contagious diseases humans have ever faced. An ancient disease, it was described as early as the 9th century by Persian physician and scholar Abū Bakr Muhammad Zakariyyā Rāzī (also known by the Europeanized name Rhazes).