US EditionExact Number of Measles Cases in Staffordshire as UK Loses Elimination Status - Stoke-on-Trent Live
The UK lost measles elimination status after 3,600 suspected cases in 2024 and vaccination rates fell below the 95% coverage needed for herd immunity, WHO said.
- On Monday the World Health Organization announced the UK lost its measles-free status after 3,600 suspected cases in 2024 and more than 1,000 cases last year.
- Outbreaks that began in 2023 intensified throughout 2024, with England recording 2,911 laboratory-confirmed cases, the highest since 2012.
- In Hackney, 58.3% of children had received both MMR doses by age five, amid 957 measles cases reported since January 1, 2025, in England.
- The NHS is making vaccination easier by offering the second MMRV dose earlier at a new 18-month appointment and NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board urged catch-up for older children and adults.
- The WHO said Britain and other European countries lost measles elimination status based on 2024 data last September and urged vaccination to protect babies and people with weakened immune systems.
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According to the Agency for Health and Food Security (AGES), 542 measles cases had been registered in 2024. This increase has now had an impact on the classification of Austria at the World Health Organisation (WHO). The status of the virus disease has been changed from "excluded" to "reestablished". In 2024, 120 people from Austria ended up in hospital due to measles, four in an intensive care unit. According to AGES, the number of diseases fel…
Exact number of measles cases in Staffordshire as UK loses elimination status - Stoke-on-Trent Live
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To achieve herd immunity, where enough people in the community are vaccinated, a vaccination rate of 95 per cent is required.
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