The proportion of children receiving vaccines to protect against deadly diseases like polio and measles continues to fall
, new data has revealed. NHS England figures covering 2023/24 show that not a single vaccine met the target needed to ensure diseases cannot spread among youngsters.
READ MORE: 'Our brother was stabbed 34 times in a row over a plate, will we ever get the answers we need?' The World Health Organisation says to achieve herd immunity , at least 95 per cent of children should receive their set of vaccine doses for each illness. The UK Health Security Agency is urging parents to check their children’s vaccinations are up to date amid fears of a back-to-school surge of diseases like measles and whooping cough due to falling vaccine rates. The NHS says vaccines prevent more than 5,000 deaths and 100,000 hospital admissions each year in England.
UKHSA data shows that over 13 per cent of previously unvaccinated children had one dose of the MMR jab between August 2023 and April 2024. She continued: “And importantly vaccination is also about not spreading the disease to others who may be more vulnerable. It only takes one case of measles to get into a school or nursery where many children are unprotected for numbers to suddenly surge.
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