Measles: 500,000 UK children missed jab More than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles jab between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by children's charity Unicef reveals.
It comes as NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in England in just one year and urged families to get the vaccine.
He said people rejecting vaccines was a "growing public health time bomb".
Globally, the report shows, 169 million children were not given a first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017. BBC News
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It comes as NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in England in just one year and urged families to get the vaccine.
He said people rejecting vaccines was a "growing public health time bomb".
Globally, the report shows, 169 million children were not given a first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017. BBC News
See also:
- PHE offers support to UK vaccine heroes Public Health England
- Fears of measles 'timebomb' as half a MILLION British children have not been vaccinated The Daily Mail
- Millions of children do not receive the life-saving measles jab each year The Daily Mail
- Measles: more than half a million UK children unvaccinated The Daily Telegraph
- Half a million UK children at risk of measles after missing vaccination, Unicef warns The Independent
- Vaccine rejection 'public health timebomb', NHS head warns ITV News
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