Minister urges MMR vaccination after measles death

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Following the reported death of a child from measles in Liverpool, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander calls for parents to ensure their children receive the MMR vaccine. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00My thoughts are with the family of the child who has died and it's a very sad reminder

00:06of the fact that measles does still circulate in this country. It is the case that the MMR vaccine

00:14is the best protection against measles and so I would like to say to your viewers,

00:20anyone listening to this, that actually it's really important if you're offered the MMR vaccine

00:26take it as soon as possible because no family wants to be going through what that family

00:31is going through today.

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