British doctors and nurses are battling to save children's lives from measles on Christmas Day.
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People have been hanging red flags outside their homes to highlight the fact they have not been vaccinated.Red flags hanging outside the homes of people who have not been vaccinated"It was a bit tricky because it was over Christmas, I had a couple of days debating it, but felt I should go given the devastating effect measles is having here," she said.
"The tree was up, there were presents to buy and then the call comes in and it throws everything up in the air. "The thing that strikes me is they're really suffering, really miserable, really upset," he told the BBC. Rachel added:"What we are seeing is very sick children and adults, they have really significant pneumonia and encephalitis ."But there are some small miracle stories."
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