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(1,630 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:28 PM 14 hrs ago

London now hit with more than 300 suspected cases in measles outbreak, leaked report shows

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/measles-outbreak-london-mmr-vaccine-b2928039.html

There have been more than 300 suspected cases of measles amid a major outbreak of the virus in London, a leaked official document has shown.

An internal report from the UK Health Security Agency shows there have been 340 suspected cases of measles in the capital since the start of 2026.

The report, marked “official sensitive”, also reveals that 34 confirmed cases have been from just one school in Enfield, north London, between 20 January and 7 February this year.

The new figures, seen by The Independent, come after health officials raised concerns over an outbreak in northeast London where vaccination rates for measles are in decline. A child also died with measles in Liverpool last year, while the UK recently lost its measles elimination status.
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London now hit with more than 300 suspected cases in measles outbreak, leaked report shows (Original Post) nitpicked 14 hrs ago OP

Is this from people traveling there from the US? n/t CousinIT 14 hrs ago #1

I am wondering why as well. murielm99 14 hrs ago #2

Maybe have their own share of anti-vaxxers? nt Nittersing 14 hrs ago #3

Yes - it's not a big political thing, but there are a depressing number of people who say muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #4

CousinIT

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1. Is this from people traveling there from the US? n/t

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Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:31 PM

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murielm99

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2. I am wondering why as well.

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Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:31 PM

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Nittersing

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3. Maybe have their own share of anti-vaxxers? nt

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Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:38 PM

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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Yes - it's not a big political thing, but there are a depressing number of people who say

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 03:56 AM

3 hrs ago

"oooh, I don't know, maybe we'll just skip it".

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least 95 per cent of children should receive vaccine doses for each illness to achieve herd immunity. Yet, no area of England has achieved a vaccination rate over 95 per cent in children aged five with two MMR jabs.

All London boroughs have a vaccination rate below 80 per cent. Figures published last August by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed just 64.3 per cent of five-year-olds in Enfield had received both doses of the MMR vaccine in 2024/25 – one of the lowest rates in the country.

In neighbouring borough Haringey, 65 per cent were vaccinated and in Hackney just 58.3 per cent of five-year-olds had received both doses. That means one in two children are at risk of catching measles.
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While London has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, cities including Birmingham (75.5 per cent), Coventry (78.9 per cent), Nottingham (71.7 per cent), Liverpool (75.5 per cent) and Manchester (74.5 per cent) also have poor vaccination rates for five-year-olds who have received two doses.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mapped-lowest-mmr-vaccine-rates-b2921386.html

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