[2] One death was reported: a 25-year-old man with giant cell pneumonia brought on by measles infection died on 18 April 2013.
[2] The South Wales Evening Post was also criticised for appearing to exaggerate the number of confirmed measles cases that occurred during the epidemic.
[8] Hywel Dda Health Board offered the vaccine in April 2013 in the surrounding counties of Carmarthen, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire in a bid to contain the outbreak.
[7] There were concerns that the epidemic could spread to London and infect many more people,[10] prompting the Department of Health to set up a mass vaccination campaign targeted at one million school children throughout England.
Doctors in Wales have a statutory duty to notify a 'Proper Officer' of the Local Authority of suspected cases of measles based on clinical symptoms, usually before diagnosis has been confirmed by laboratory testing.