Why is the UK seeing a rise in measles cases? The UK has lost its measles-free status three years after the virus was eliminated in the country.
Cases of the potentially deadly infection have been going up, with too few people being vaccinated.
Measles can be prevented through two doses of the MMR vaccine - something that is offered free by the NHS to all young children in the UK. BBC News
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Cases of the potentially deadly infection have been going up, with too few people being vaccinated.
Measles can be prevented through two doses of the MMR vaccine - something that is offered free by the NHS to all young children in the UK. BBC News
See also:
- An estimated 1 in 7 five years olds are not immunised against MMR Public Health England
- System-wide approach to tackling falling childhood vaccination rates welcome, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
- Boris Johnson orders action to stop measles spread BBC News
- Quarter of children in some parts of country have not had measles jab The Daily Telegraph
- NHS England to look at offering childhood vaccinations in healthcare settings other than general practice The Pharmaceutical Journal
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