Why measles cases are surging
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
UK health chiefs have declared a national incident following a surge in measles cases in the Midlands and London, and the World Health Organisation warned yesterday that it's spreading rapidly across Europe too. Measles is a disease many doctors thought they would never see again – so what's going on?
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