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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Annie Kelly

Thursday briefing: Misinformation, access and cuts – the UK’s measles surge explained

A child and the measles vaccine.
Over 500 confirmed cases of measles have been recorded in England this year. Photograph: Phanie/Sipa Press/Alamy

Good morning. Not too long ago, the UK was really good at beating measles. In 2017, the World Health Organisation declared that the the disease had been eliminated for the first time in the UK, after no indigenous cases had been recorded in three years.

Now, measles is back. Already this year there have been more than 500 confirmed cases in England, the majority in young children.

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