Five babies have died from whooping cough this year

The infection can be particularly harmful to infants (Picture: Getty Images)Five babies in England have died after being diagnosed with whooping cough, also known as the ‘100-day cough’, so far this year.There were 2,793 confirmed cases of whooping cough cases in England between January and March, according to health officials.
This is more than triple the amount recorded last year, with 858 cases.Whooping cough, officially known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection of the lungs an