Why are measles outbreaks rising in the UK and Australia? | ABC NEWS

Measles cases in the UK are on the rise, with vaccination rates dropping every year since the pandemic.

The World Health Organization took away Britain's "elimination status" for the virus in January, which means the virus is now spreading locally.

The United States is on a similar path to the UK, with its worst measles outbreak in decades last year resulting in the deaths of two young, unvaccinated schoolgirls.

Professor Margie Danchin, from Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, says the same trend is playing out in Australia, which now has the lowest measles vaccination coverage for children in a decade.

📸 via ABC News by Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss.

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