Classrooms are facing a "vaccine crisis" in Leicester and across England. Figures show no childhood jab met the target needed to prevent diseases spreading among youngsters.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that at least 95 per cent of children should receive vaccine doses for each illness to achieve herd immunity. According to figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) none of the main childhood vaccines in England hit the target in 2024/25.

Vaccine coverage also varied widely across the nation when looking at the data. Leicester was among the lowest rates across all five main childhood vaccinations, whilst the county and neighbouring Rutland had a bigger uptake.

According to the UKHSA data, just four in every five Leicester children had received both do

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