MAPPED: England's areas with measles cases amid nation's biggest outbreak of the century

The UK is presently facing its worst measles outbreak successful 30 years. (Image: Getty)

The areas of England with the highest numbers of measles cases person been revealed arsenic the state grapples with the biggest measles outbreak successful the federation since disposable records began successful 1996.

There person been astir 3,000 confirmed cases successful 2024, the majority affecting children, making it the astir important dispersed of the 21st period truthful far.

Last year, England confirmed 362 measles infections done laboratory tests. In 2022, determination were 53 confirmed cases, and successful 2021, lone 2 - though this was during a play erstwhile the state was inactive nether pandemic restrictions.

So acold successful 2024, England has confirmed 2,707 measles cases, including the decease of 1 young idiosyncratic who suffered different known aesculapian conditions.

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Three retired of 5 cases of this highly contagious but preventable illness (61 percent, oregon 1,656 infections) person occurred successful children aged 10 and younger.

The UK Health Security Agency's figures uncover that this is the largest measles outbreak successful England since records began successful 1996.

In 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the UK had eliminated measles owed to the occurrence of the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine. However, this presumption was revoked 2 years aboriginal pursuing a surge successful cases.

This year, cases peaked successful May with 396 infections confirmed by laboratory tests, including the highest play full of 107. However, cases person mostly been declining since the summer.

There were 339 cases successful July, 172 successful August, 101 successful September, and 69 successful October. In the astir caller four-week play starring up to November 18, determination were 67 confirmed measles cases, with a 3rd (34 percent) occurring successful Yorkshire and the Humber.

The UKHSA states that portion cases are connected a "downward trajectory", the state continues to beryllium affected by "small, localised outbreaks".

London has seen the highest fig of cases wide successful English regions, with 1,276, followed by the West Midlands (561). However, erstwhile it comes to assembly areas, Birmingham has been deed hardest by this year's measles outbreak, with 363 cases.

Lambeth follows adjacent with 176 cases, past Wandsworth with 150, and Leicester with 123.

Symptoms of measles to look retired for see a precocious fever, coughing, sneezing, reddish and sore watery eyes, and a rash that usually comes aft the archetypal symptoms.