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It added that some areas of the West Midlands, particularly Birmingham and the Black Country, have some of the lowest MMR vaccine rates in the country.
The continued rise in cases in the region is currently centred on Birmingham and Coventry, but the situation prompted Herefordshire Council to urge local residents on Thursday to make sure they have two doses of the MMR vaccine, external.
“None of the recent cases we’ve seen had received two doses of the MMR vaccine,” said Dr Mamoona Tahir, consultant in health protection at the UKHSA in the West Midlands.
The ages of those affected by the disease since October ranged from small babies to age 40, the organisation said, but the average age was nine.
That made it “particularly important” for parents to have their children vaccinated when offered, it added.
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