Cases of whooping cough are rising across England and Wales, with GPs diagnosing around 1,000 suspected cases each week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued a fresh warning about the disease last week and is urging pregnant women and children to get vaccinated to help stop the spread.
Lab tests have confirmed 7,599 cases of pertussis, the highly contagious respiratory infection more commonly known as whooping cough, between January and May 2024.
That is around nine times higher than the 858 confirmed cases across 12 months in 2023. READ MORE: 'I tried the new Slimming World recipe box and it felt nothing like being on a diet' Around half of all cases were in people aged 15 and over who usually get only a mild illness, but there were a high number (262) of cases in babies under three months of age who are most at risk of serious complications and death from whooping cough.
The UKHSA confirmed that nine babies have died in England since the current outbreak began. Separate figures show that the UKHSA received 939 whooping cough alerts in the week ending June 30, and more than 1,000 cases in each of the eight weeks before that.
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