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Measles break outs might take place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities say, since some vaccination programmes are needing to be delayed.
Unicef states 117 million children in 37 countries may not get immunised on time.
There have been numerous big break outs in countries throughout Europe where MMR vaccine uptake has been low.
The UK has already lost its measles-free status, because of increasing cases of the potentially fatal infection.
The disease, which causes coughing, rashes and fever, can be avoided by 2 dosages of the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine, offered totally free to all kids in the UK.
Here, 95%of five-year-olds have actually had the first jab – the World Health Organization (WHO) target – but just 87.4%have had the second.
And as measles is extremely i