Don’t forget those other jabs…

ANOTHER disturbing piece of Covid collateral damage is becoming clear: too few children are having the other, life-saving vaccines that ought to be routine.

Recent Government figures show uptake of the MMR jab, which protects against deadly measles, mumps and rubella, has dropped by two per cent, while the number of teenagers who have had jabs against cervical cancer and meningitis has fallen 20 per cent.

Research published last week showed that, internationally, the failure to have MMR jabs adds up to tens of millions of unprotected babies at risk of contracting potentially lethal infections. It is a direct effect of school closures and children being sent home to self-isolate.

It’s up to parents to make sure children aren’t missing out. If yours have, contact your local school immunisations team who will have information about catch-up programmes.