London, Jul 14 (EFE).- London could experience a measles outbreak after tens of thousands of cases were detected in the British capital due to low levels of vaccination, according to warnings from the health authorities today.
According to data released today by the British Health Security Agency (UKHSA), between 40,000 and 160,000 cases of the disease are expected to emerge unless vaccination levels, which have been low in the city for several years, are improved, and that worsened with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UKHSA revealed that 128 cases of measles have been identified between January and June 2023, up from 54 throughout 2022, with 66% of cases detected in London.
The epidemiologist of the aforementioned British health agency, Vanessa Saliba, today alerted the local media that measles “can be a serious infection that leads to complications, especially in young children and those with weakened immune systems.”
“Due to suboptimal vaccine levels, there is now a very real risk of seeing large (measles) outbreaks in London,” she warned, urging families to “catch up on vaccinations.”
In the United Kingdom, two doses of the vaccine are given, one before the child’s first birthday and the other when the child is three and a half years old. EFE
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2023-07-14 14:25:04
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