A HEALTH body is urging parents to ensure their children are vaccinated following new cases in a measles outbreak.

Following two new confirmed cases of measles in Gwent, Public Health Wales is urging parents to ensure their children are protected.

The two new measles cases bring the total number of confirmed cases in the outbreak affecting the Newport and Torfaen areas to 10.

The Gwent area outbreak has been caused by the same strain of measles that has affected more than 14,000 people across Europe this year and which has killed 35 people.

More information is available online at publichealthwales.org/measles.