Two children have died in measles outbreaks so far this year, with more than 700 confirmed cases, health officials have said.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that one child died from ‘acute measles’ and the other was linked to the ‘late effects of measles’.
It’s understood to be the first time that two children have died in England and Wales in a single year since 2018.
It comes as measles continues to circulate in many parts of the country, with 736 cases so far this year compared with 959 cases for the whole of 2025.
Many of the cases have been linked
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