PREGNANT women across the UK are to be vaccinated against whooping cough after the biggest outbreak of the illness for at least 20 years claimed the lives of 10 babies.
PREGNANT women across the UK are to be vaccinated against whooping cough after the biggest outbreak of the illness for at least 20 years claimed the lives of 10 babies.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
There have been more than 1000 cases of whooping cough confirmed in Scotland since the start of 2012, compared to 61 for the same period last year.
Other parts of the UK have also seen a surge in cases and nine infants under the age of three months have died in England and one in Northern Ireland.
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