Health experts have issued another urgent warning as new “clusters” of measles have appeared in areas across England.
Cases of measles have continued to rise in the UK since October last year, but locations previously not badly affected are now reporting larger outbreaks.
According to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) there have been 166 cases in the last month, with 56 of those in the last week.
As previously reported, the West Midlands had been worst hit by measles, accounting for around half of all new cases throughout some of January.
More specifically, most of these cases were discovered in Birmingham.
Case numbers in that region now appear to be stabilising.
But now the UKHSA has reported clusters of infections in London, the North West, Yorkshire, The Humber and the East Midlands.
The breakdown of cases since January 15, as provided by the UKHSA, is:
West Midlands – 55 out of 166 cases (55 percent)
London – 20/166 cases (12 percent)
North West – 17/166 (10 percent)
Yorkshire and The Humber – 16/166 (10 percent)
East Midlands – 15/166 (nine percent).
Since October 1 in England there have been 521 laboratory confirmed measles cases.
