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Twenty more measles cases in Swansea outbreak (Wales)
Last updated Tue 5 Mar 2013
Twenty new cases of measles have been reported as the outbreak in the Swansea area continues...
...The new cases bring the total number of cases to 209. The majority of the latest infections are in the Swansea area...
Number of measles cases in region continues to rise
11:45am Tuesday 12th March 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Barry Nelson, Health Editor
THE number of confirmed measles cases in the North-East increased by 12 in the last week, bringing the total since September to 134.
The latest figures published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) also show that an additional 19 suspected cases were reported last week, bringing the total number of suspected cases since September up to 147...
Thirty eight hospitalised as measles cases in Swansea outbreak reaches 252
Thursday, March 14, 2013
RichardYoule
HEALTH chiefs in Wales are urging parents to make sure their children receive the MMR vaccination as cases in the Swansea area outbreak reach 252, with 43 new cases reported in the past week alone...
Schools in South West Wales perfect breeding grounds for measles
Saturday, March 16, 2013
South Wales Evening Post
By nino williams
SCHOOLS are a perfect breeding ground for measles, parents have been warned ? and it could be a matter of time before the disease kills a child in Swansea.
The stark warning comes after Public Health Wales revealed another 43 cases had been reported in Swansea in the past week, bringing the total number in the area to 252...
7:15pm, Thu 21 Mar 2013 'Tens of 1000s' at measles risk
Warning over spread of measles, as fresh cases reported
- last updated Thu 21 Mar 2013
ITV News Cymru Wales has learned of fresh measles cases in Powys, and in Cardiff after a sports event attended by students from Swansea.
Meanwhile, a public health expert has warned that tens of thousands of children are potentially at risk because of the spread of the outbreak beyond South West Wales, where it has so far been concentrated...
Health board issues warning after measles outbreak rises by 300 per cent in Llanelli
Friday, March 22, 2013
PARENTS in Llanelli are being urged to make sure their children are fully protected against measles ? after cases have soared by 300 per cent over the last year.
There has already been eight cases of the highly contagious virus reported in the town in 2013, compared with only 15 throughout the entire year in 2012.
And across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, there has now been 23 cases of the life-threatening disease compared to five during the same point in 2012...
Measles vaccination rate 'would take two years to protect those at risk'
Julia McWatt
Mar 27 2013
The uptake of the MMR vaccine during the measles epidemic in Wales has been so low that it could take two years to vaccinate all those at risk, health officials have warned.
Public Health Wales said that just over 1% of the 3,800 unvaccinated children in the Swansea area had received the MMR jab in the past week, despite warnings that the disease was spreading at an “alarming rate”.
Officials say they have been left “disappointed” by the low uptake...
Measles outbreak predicted to top 500 cases after Easter weekend
Julia McWatt
Apr 2 2013
The measles outbreak in Wales is predicted to top 500 cases on Wednesday as health officials expect a ?significant rise? following the Easter weekend.
Public Health Wales said officials had reported seeing a high number of cases of the disease during the Bank Holiday period and remain disappointed that vaccination rates have not significantly improved in the last week.
The rise in the number of cases, which last week stood at 432, will be confirmed on Wednesday...
Powys measles cases 'double in a week'
Last updated Tue 2 Apr 2013
The number of cases of measles in Powys have almost doubled in the last week to 41. The Powys Teaching Health Board says the outbreak is concentrated in the north of the county with most cases found in school age children, where the disease can spreadeasily, but people of all ages can be affected...
4:31pm Thursday 4th April 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Barry Nelson, Health Editor
NEW figures show that a measles outbreak in the North-East is continuing to spread.
The latest figures published by Public Health England (PHE) show that since the beginning of September 2012, when the numbers started increasing, 200 confirmed cases and 176 suspected cases of the illness have now been reported.
This is an increase of 19 confirmed and 14 suspected cases on the previous week.
The majority of cases continue to be reported in the Teesside, County Durham and Darlington area...
Hospital admissions soar as measles outbreak shows no signs of letting up
4:34pm Friday 5th April 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Barry Nelson, Health Editor
SIXTY-FOUR people in the region have needed hospital treatment for complications from measles during the current outbreak, health experts have revealed.
There are fears that as the outbreak shows no sign of tailing off there could be more serious cases arising from complications.
In one case a patient with measles from the North-East had to be admitted to a specialist heart unit in another part of the UK because they developed a rare complication which resulted in inflammation of the heart...
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