More than 60 people have died from the disease which has infected at least 4,000 people as it spreads across the Pacific island.

Samoa begins two-day shutdown as authorities battle deadly measles outbreak

Public Health England said a "significant increase" in cases had been reported in north-west London in recent weeks.

Headteachers warned as measles cases spike in London

Is the anti-vax movement - the campaigners who believe that certain vaccines are not safe - to blame?

Alba had celebrated her first birthday days earlier when she ended up in hospital battling the potentially deadly virus.

More than half a million children in the UK were not vaccinated against measles over an eight-year period.

Rockland County has declared a state of emergency over the outbreak.

The World Health Organisation called for increased immunisation.

Music fans risk picking up the illness as an unwanted souvenir if they don't get vaccinated, said Public Health England.

71% of people think parents who do not vaccinate their children with MMR vaccine are being irresponsible, a ITV News/Com Res poll suggests.