Nine children and one adult have been diagnosed with measles in the village of Urk, most of whom had not been vaccinated against the disease.

Urk, a former island, is one of the most staunchly Protestant parts of the country and a place where many parents do not have their children vaccinated for religious reasons.

Just 60% of two-year-olds on the island have had all the recommended childhood vaccination. Three of the children had been given at least one vaccination, broadcaster NOS rsaid.

The 10 people infected with measles come from two families which had close links and no other cases have been found on the island. This means it is not an outbreak, the local health board told website Nu.nl.

The last measles outbreak on Urk was in 2013, in a year in which 30,000 people nationwide were diagnosed with the disease.