Some 91.9 per cent of five-year-olds had received one dose of the MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) vaccine, unchanged from 2023/24 and the lowest level since 2010/11, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Just 83.7 per cent of five-year-olds had received both MMR doses, down year on year from 83.9 per cent and the lowest level since 2009/10.
Two doses of the MMR vaccine are required for long-lasting and full protection against measles, mumps, and rubella because the first dose does not provide immunity to everyone. More than 99 per cent immunity is reached through both doses.
The child, whose age and sex is unknown, is believed to be the second child in England to die in the past five years after contracting measles. Parents and carers are being urged to ensure that children are fully vaccinated as health officials warn low vaccine uptake is behind the rise.
Elsewhere, coverage for the Hib/MenC vaccine, which protects against Haemophilus influenzae type B and meningitis C, stood at 88.9 per cenr for children in England aged five, down from 89.4 per cent in 2023/24 and the lowest level since 2011/12.
The primary course consists of three doses, given at eight, 12 and 16 weeks. It is the first year on year increase in uptake of this type of vaccine since 2019/20.
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