'National incident' declared over measles outbreak

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Health chiefs are urging those who are eligible for a measles vaccine to get the jab as soon as possible.

It comes as measles cases surged across the country, prompting the Health Security Agency to declare a "national incident".

Sky News spoke to one woman who became seriously ill from the disease.

She had not been vaccinated as a child because of her mother's fears the MMR jab caused autism - a theory that has since been disproved.

Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/measles-woman-who-fell-seriously-ill-urges-everyone-to-get-the-vaccine-13051992

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