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    Map reveals where measles cases are surging across the UK

    by Alexander Butler Jan 19, 2024 3 minutes
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    Immediate action is needed across the country to ensure children are vaccinated against potentially deadly measles amid a surge of the infection, the UK’s top health body warned.

    Professor Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, urged parents to check if their children have had the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as hundreds of cases were confirmed in the West Midlands.

    There have been and 103 probable cases of measles in the West Midlands, with 80 per cent in Birmingham, between October 2023 and January 2024.

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