Two million children at risk of measles

Doctors have warned that up to two million schoolchildren are at risk of contracting measles because their parents refused to allow them to have vaccinations during the MMR scare. Experts are calling for an immediate national "catch-up" campaign to prevent the disease spreading from Wales to the rest of Britain. London is particularly vulnerable because nearly half of children in the city were not vaccinated around the start of the previous decade. Dr Helen Bedford, of University College London's Institute of Child Health, said that the measles outbreak in Wales could spread. She said: "There is a potential for more outbreaks. Children are going to get measles. There are about two million children who are susceptible because they haven't been vaccinated. London is a particular case in point."