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significant increase in mumps cases and continuing outbreaks of measles in England have led to calls for people to ensure they are immunised.

Public Health England said even one person missing their vaccinations was "too many".

There were 795 cases of mumps in the first three months of 2019, compared with 1,031 in the whole of 2018.

Most mumps cases are linked to teenagers mixing when they go to university.

A large outbreak was centred on Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham at the beginning of the year and similar increases in cases have been reported in Wales and Northern Ireland.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48386990

I worked for Public Health England before retirement. As well as dealing with current problems, they obviously have to work towards dealing with problems anticipated in the future. A particular concern was the effect on so many people missing their MMR's once they become very elderly, when many of them may be living in tight knit communities such as care facilities. PHE knows only too well how flu, for example, rapidly spreads through these elderly residents so, potentially the effects on residents of any MMR outbreaks are likely to be devastating.