Global health experts are calling for action to save lives after the number of large outbreaks of measles tripled since pre-Covid times, with 30million children under-protected Immunisation against the virus is below safe levels (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Children under the age of five are the most at risk as the most contagious virus on the planet spreads - and it can have potentially fatal complications. An estimated 11 million people caught measles last year, up seven per cent from 2023, with the number of big outbreaks having tripled since pre-Covid times.

That's according to figures from the World Health Organisation, which described measles as "world’s most contagious virus" with at least 95,000 people having died from the virus last year - mostly young children.

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