The Telegraph
Cases have jumped by more than 50 per cent in a single month, with children under five worst affected.
Public health experts said the low uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine since it was wrongly linked with autism in 1998 had set the scene for the “very infectious disease” to take hold once more.
The Health Protection Agency said there had been 210 laboratory confirmed cases on Merseyside since the start of the year, while it was also investigating another 92 “probable” cases.
By comparison, at the end of March there were 123 confirmed cases and 66 probables.
An HPA spokesman said: “Thirty-nine were ill enough to need in-patient treatment in hospital. Thankfully, all have either recovered or are recovering.”
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