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It's a long way from Austin, Texas to Swansea, but who would bet against British former doctor Andrew Wakefield, now domiciled in the US, reading with some curiosity about the current measles outbreak in parts of south and west Wales?

Public health chiefs are planning to get tougher on families who refuse or forget to get their children properly vaccinated against measles, by saying close contacts of probable cases should routinely face temporary exclusion from schools and childcare if they have not had their MMR jabs.