Figures provided by the Health Protection Agency, show that the number of measles cases in the UK has topped 1,000 for 2008, see table below.
| YEARLY MEASLES CASES | |
| 1996 | 112 cases |
| 1997 | 177 cases |
| 1998 | 56 cases |
| 1999 | 92 cases |
| 2000 | 100 cases |
| 2001 | 70 cases |
| 2002 | 319 cases |
| 2003 | 437 cases |
| 2004 | 188 cases |
| 2005 | 78 cases |
| 2006 | 740 cases |
| 2007 | 990 cases |
| 2008 | 1,049 cases |
The report also highlights that the Measles virus is about the most infectious virus we know, and has the ability to spreads like wildfire. However the unprecedented increase and spreading of the virus was identified as being caused by the relatively low vaccination coverage and low uptake of the free combined MMR jab over the past decade, due to fears and concerns of parents who failed to immunise their children, as a direct result of fears over the now-debunked research claims of a link between the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab and autism.
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