Charity in rubella warning

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Charity in rubella warning

 
PARENTS’ ignorance about the consequences of not giving their children the MMR jab could put unborn children at risk from rubella, a charity has warned.

Sense, the charity for the deaf and blind, said the public was not sufficiently aware of the dangers of rubella, or German measles, to pregnant women.

Fears about a possible link between autism and the triple measles, mumps and rubella jab have led to many parents refusing to let their children have the vaccine.

Sense warned that children not protected against rubella were at risk of catching and passing it on to pregnant women who do not have immunity. If a woman catches rubella during early pregnancy her child could be born with congenital rubella syndrome which can cause deafness, blindness and damage the heart, brain and nervous system.


 

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