One of the largest NHS vaccine catch-ups targets ‘Wakefield Generation,’ inviting 19-to-25-year-olds for MMR.

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Almost a million young adults are being invited for an MMR jab in one of the biggest vaccine catch-up drives in NHS history.

Part of the so-called ‘Wakefield Generation’, many born in the late 1990s and early 2000s missed out on the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine when they were children.

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Now health officials are targeting the 19-to-25-year-olds using pop-up vaccination clinics at universities, sports centres and other public places in areas with ongoing measles outbreaks.

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Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows signs the outbreak is slowing, with 733 cases of measles having now been confirmed in England.

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13183287/Huge-push-Wakefield-Generation-vaccinated-MMR.html


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