by An official from the Liverpool city council has asked the public to consciously aware of the symptoms of measles after a child has died of the disease.
Continue to speak Great Britain this evening with Sarah-Jane MeeThe Liverpool City Council, Professor Matthew Ashton, said that he wanted to raise awareness of the virus.
It comes after that A child died in the alder of the city, Hey children’s hospital after getting sick with measles And other health problems.
Mr. Ashton said that measles was “circulating” in the community, and 17 cases have been recorded in Alder Hey since the beginning of June – what he said “is a concern for us”.
“It’s a really evil virus,” he added. “No matter who you are, if you are not protected, you can harm you.”
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On Monday, the chairman of the Local Government Association, City Councilor David Fotille, said “urgently needed to assert falling immunization rates”.
“These gaps have contributed to 529 so far in 2025 that measles cases were confirmed in England,” he said, “68% occurred in children under 10 years.”
In an interview with Sky News, Mr. Ashton said: “The vaccination rates have declined nationwide since the last decade … We have dropped under 74%in Liverpool.
“It is a bit higher than that, but it is still far too low. And the problem is, if you have not exposed population groups or unprotected population groups, the potential for measles that becomes rapid is very high.”
Mr. Ashton said that the vaccination rates have dropped nationwide since the past decade and that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 95% vaccination levels to achieve herdism.
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Mr. Ashton noticed: “There are many reasons why the vaccination rates have dropped and quoted” fatigue “of the Covid pandemic and the” disinformation “, but added:” I think it is more complicated than that.
“I think we have to recognize that life has become much more difficult for our communities in the past ten years, and people are working very hard to ensure that they still pay for the bills, put food on the table, can take care of their loved ones.
“Sometimes routine appointments for health care are simply not at the top of the list of the list.”
The director of the public healthcare system said that “people assume that it is an old illness or one that has disappeared … it could not be further away from the case”.
He noticed that a measles case can infect up to 15 people and asked people that if they believe they have symptoms, they call their GP or 111 – and not to go.
