Health Alerts

Latest data on mumps notifications reveal the count already double the 2018 total with 1,015 cases to week 17 – over 650 were in the 15 to 24 years age group. Across the country, the highest rates of infections were in the area covered by the Eastern Regional Health Authority. The director of the HSE has also warned that measles vaccination coverage rates are ‘up to 8% below what they should be in some parts of the country’, so a spike in cases is likely during the peak summer travel period. Read more.