Fewer children in Bristol are protected against measles, mumps and rubella than anywhere else in the southwest, according to figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
The data, collected in 2021/2022, shows that in Bristol, only 88.7 per cent of children had received one dose of the MMR vaccine by the age of two, just under the national average of 89.2 per cent and well below the average for the South West of 93.2 per cent.
Across the rest of the region, uptake rates of the single dose of the vaccine are above 90 per cent, with neighbouring Bath and North East Somerset at 95 per cent and South Gloucestershire at 95.2 per cent.
