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Urgent call as 9 babies die and cases of ‘100-day cough’ soar – in worst whooping cough outbreak since 90s
HEALTH chiefs are pleading with parents to get the whooping cough vaccine as cases hit the highest level since the 90s. There were 2,591 new cases in May - the most of any month in the past 30 years. 2 The main symptom of pertussis is a long-lasting cough …