Baby dies of whooping cough after pregnant woman was not vaccinated

Vaccination rates for whooping cough are at a 15-year low (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA)

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed.

It is the first death from whooping cough in the UK this year and comes at a time when vaccination rates are falling to levels not seen in more than a decade.