False news About the safety of Vaccine Some parents may hesitate to hesitate, the experts have warned.
To ensure that none of the main childhood vaccines was found to meet the target of this year. Disease According to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), cannot spread One of five children Starting Primary school Without safety Many serious conditions.
Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia, said that information shared online which is not inherent in scientific evidence Decline,
“I think there is a lot of wrong information all around Vaccine, Especially around MMR vaccine“They told Independent“They are doubting people who were probably not before.”
He insisted that we “need to go to the marginalized communities that may be frightened and make sure they understand what is going on, and vaccinated them”.
Dr. of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Ben Kasastan-Dabush urged people to be “alert for vaccine information on social media” because “this scientific could not be based on evidence”. Instead, he suggested reading NHS website or calling GP surgery.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that at least 95 percent of children should receive vaccine doses for each disease to obtain herd immunity. However, the main childhood vaccines in England did not reach this target in 2024-2025, new figures of the UKHSA show.
Of the five -year -old children, only 83.7 percent received both MMR doses, A Decline The lowest year-by-year 83.9 percent and the lowest since 2009-2010.
Coverage for HIB/MENC vaccine, which prevents hemophilus influenza type B and meningitis C, was 88.9 percent for children of five years in England, 89.4 percent in 2023-2024 and below the lowest level after 2011-2012.
The uplift of four-in-one pre-school booster vaccine-which protects against polio, which was only 81.4 percent of five-year-old children in England in England in cough, tetanus and diphtheria-2024/25. It is below 82.7 percent last year and the lowest since the introduction of record data in 2009-2010.
So far this year, 145 cases of measles have been reported since the final report on July 3, which brings total for 674 cases from 1 January. London and North Wests are increasing the current growth, with most infections in children under 10 years of age.
Emeritus Professor Keith Neil in epidemiology of infectious diseases at Nottingham University warned, “Khasra is not a mild disease, people die and they can still do.”
In order to vaccinate his children against serious air disease, he said that it “wipes the immune system”, so a child can easily catch it again, and people with the disease also need to isolate for 21 days.
Helen Bedford, a professor at the Great Ormand Street Institute of Child Health, said that if children are not vaccinated, many of these diseases will return.
He said: “We have seen this year in England this year, where the number of measles cases is more than a decade, many children have been hospitalized and very sad, therefore, it is very related that every year for the last fifteen, there has been a small decline in vaccine uptakes every year.
Childhood vaccination coverage varies geographically very different, and the lowest in London but more in the north.
The pre-school booster rate for Cumbria is 94.3 percent, the country Durham and Yorkshire have a pre-ride at 93.7 percent, and the barnsley rate is 92.8 percent as compared to overall coverage of 81.4 percent.
Health Minister Stephen Kinnok said: “We know that parents want to correct their children and we are working with NHS to make it easier for all families to reach these life saving vaccines.
“Vaccines save the lives of thousands of people every year and prevent entry into countless hospitals. I urge all parents to check their child’s vaccination records and contact their GP practice if someone is missing.”
NHS National Director Dr. for primary and community services. Amanda Doyle said: “NHS teams are running a catch-up campaign across the country and are targeting it to make it as easy as possible, but if your child is not preserved, or you are not sure, please contact your GP surgery as soon as possible-this can save their lives.”
