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Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

Child with whooping cough

This is a vaccine preventable disease for which there is a national immunisation programme in the UK. Information on the disease and the vaccine is available on www.immunisation.nhs.uk [external link]. The Health Protection Agency website provides up-to-date statistics on disease incidence and vaccine coverage.

Photo: CDC [external link]

What's new

13 May 2013: Department of Health- Latest whooping cough cases published by PHE

13 May 2013: Latest HPR News: Confirmed pertussis (England and Wales), data to end-March 2013

13 May 2013: Department of Health -  Whooping cough vaccination programme for pregnant women extended to 2014

29 April 2013: Latest HPR: Laboratory-confirmed cases of pertussis 2012 Q4 and 2012 Annual

1 March 2013: Press release - Cases of whooping cough continue to decrease

1 March 2013: Latest HPR News (data to end January 2013)

25 February 2013: Latest HPR-Laboratory-confirmed cases of pertussis reported to the enhanced pertussis surveillance programme: Q3/2012

4 February 2013: Latest HPR News (data to end December 2012)

1 February 2013: Department of Health - Pertussis vaccine uptake in pregnant women December 2012

1 February 2013: Press release - Cases of whooping cough decline after record numbers in 2012

21 December 2013: Latest HPR news (data to end November 2012)

21 December 2012: Press release - Whooping cough cases remain high

4 December 2012: Latest HPR News (data to end October 2012)

30 November 2012: Press release - Whooping cough cases continue to increase

26 October 2012: HPA Guidelines for the Public Health Management of Pertussis (October 2012) (PDF, 860 KB) 

26 October 2012: HPA Guidelines for the Public Health Management of Pertussis Incidents in Healthcare Settings (October 2012) (PDF, 1 MB)

25 October 2012: Press release - Whooping cough outbreak continues

25 October 2012: Latest HPR news (data to end September 2012)

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