Whooping Cough Uk 2024. I wish to update the house on an increase in whooping cough (pertussis) cases across england and the actions that the government and health system are. The whooping cough vaccine is given as part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule in the uk.
Uk health officials say there have been 1,319 cases of whooping cough in england in march, up from 900 in february, giving a total of nearly 2,800 so far this year. The uk health security agency (ukhsa).