Leeds and Sheffield are the areas of Yorkshire with the highest number of cases
A new interactive map shows where suspected whooping cough outbreaks are across the country after it was revealed five babies had died.
Read more: Yorkshire couple 'at end of their tether' with antisocial antics attacked boy, 17, with rolling pin So far this year - up to the week ending April 21 - GPs had diagnosed 6,815 suspected cases in England and another 1,198 in Wales, a total of 8,013. Nottingham has seen the highest number of suspected cases with 187, followed by Vale of Glamorgan , Cardiff , Swansea , and Northumberland .
“Pregnant women are offered a whooping cough vaccine in every pregnancy, ideally between 20 and 32 weeks. This passes protection to their baby in the womb so that they are protected from birth in the first months of their life when they are most vulnerable and before they can receive their own vaccines.
Four in ten expectant mothers do not take the maternal pertussis vaccination, while about one in twelve infants do not receive the six-in-one jab by their first birthday. Whooping cough - clinically known as pertussis, but sometimes known as the “100 day cough” due to the length of time it takes to shake it off - is a bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes. It spreads very easily and can sometimes cause serious problems.
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