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Mumps is on the rise again in Somerset with four cases reported this week
These are the symptoms and treatments
ByClaire HerbauxReporter
11:12, 28 FEB 2018
Mumps is on the rise in Somerset again with four cases reported last week - that is as many cases as scarlet fever in the same week.
Mumps was a lot more common before the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine but cases of the contagious viral infection still appear once in a while.
In the week between February 19 and 25, one case was reported in Mendip, one in Taunton Deane, one in West Somerset and one in South Somerset.
Take a look at how many cases of the most common NOIDS have been reported according to Public Health England in the past three months...
Mumps is on the rise again in Somerset with four cases reported this week
These are the symptoms and treatments
ByClaire HerbauxReporter
11:12, 28 FEB 2018
Mumps is on the rise in Somerset again with four cases reported last week - that is as many cases as scarlet fever in the same week.
Mumps was a lot more common before the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine but cases of the contagious viral infection still appear once in a while.
In the week between February 19 and 25, one case was reported in Mendip, one in Taunton Deane, one in West Somerset and one in South Somerset.
Take a look at how many cases of the most common NOIDS have been reported according to Public Health England in the past three months...