A GP issued an urgent warning about a potentially fatal disease to spot as cases have soared across the UK. The newest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), showed there have been 1,767 lab confirmed cases of measles nationwide in 2024 so far.
Compared to the whole of 2023 when there were 362 cases, this is an almost five-fold increase. The latest outbreak started in October last year, with the majority of cases found in Birmingham.Since then other areas of the UK have been affected.
And cases peaked in April this year, with 381 reported in just one month.Measles is a highly contagious infection best known for the rash it causes.
Babies and young children are particularly vulnerable and it can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia and seizures if not caught early enough.
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