What is whooping cough? Disease quickly spreads across UK
by Lola Christina Alao
Dec 06, 2023
2 minutes
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A whooping cough outbreak has hit the UK, with the number of cases increasing by 250 per cent in a year.
Between July and November, there were 716 reported cases, which is three times the number during the same period in 2022. Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam from UKHSA told the Sun the rise was expected.
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