The UK is no longer officially free of measles | 5 News

► Subscribe to 5 News: http://bit.ly/5NewsSub ► The UK is no longer officially free of measles. The World Health Organisation stripped the country of its status after more than 230 cases of the deadly disease were confirmed in the first few months of the year. Around half a million children aren't fully vaccinated against measles and uptake has been falling for some time. So now the Prime Minister wants action. ► #5News #News #vaccination ► Follow 5 News: Facebook: http://bit.ly/5NewsFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/5NewsTwitter ► About 5 News: Channel 5 News covers the key events of the day with a boldness to often lead on different stories to other news programmes and put people at the heart of its news reports. The flagship programme at 5pm is watched by up to a million viewers, with a later bulletin broadcast at 6.30pm and regular short news updates throughout the day. The Channel 5 News operation is located in a bespoke state-of-the-art newsroom based at Channel 5, linked to ITN's central technical, editorial and corporate infrastructure. ITN changed the TV news landscape when it launched 5 News in 1997, producing Five News for nine years before winning the contract to supply news to Channel 5 again from 2012.