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As many as 40,000 teenagers and children in Birmingham are not protected properly from catching measles, new figures have revealed.
The statistics show that in Birmingham and the Black Country a total of more than 11,000 children from the ages of six to ten have never received the MMR jab.
A further 40,446 are not recorded as having had the second booster dose in Birmingham alone, which could put them at higher risk of catching the potentially lethal disease.
Health bosses told the Birmingham Post this meant there was now a chance an outbreak of measles in the region.
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/...dren-who-have-not-had-mmr-jab-65233-33279010/
The statistics show that in Birmingham and the Black Country a total of more than 11,000 children from the ages of six to ten have never received the MMR jab.
A further 40,446 are not recorded as having had the second booster dose in Birmingham alone, which could put them at higher risk of catching the potentially lethal disease.
Health bosses told the Birmingham Post this meant there was now a chance an outbreak of measles in the region.
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/...dren-who-have-not-had-mmr-jab-65233-33279010/