Major change to childhood immunisation schedule after concern over surge in killer infection

HEALTH chiefs have unveiled “significant” changes to the childhood vaccination schedule following a sharp rise in cases of a deadly infection.

The age at which children get the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella has been brought forward from three years old to just 18 months.

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It comes after the UK has seen a huge spike in measles cases over the last few years, while vaccine rates have plummeted.

Globally, rates of the lethal Victorian disease had doubled in the past year alone.