There has been an increase in the number of children and young adults with measles. In the first 15 weeks of the year, there were 48 cases of measles in Ireland, along with 898 cases of mumps. The HSE is advising parents to get their children vaccinated at the start of International Infection Prevention Week today. HSE Clinical Lead for Antibiotic Resistance, Professor Martin Cormican, said vaccines are vital. Prof. Cormican said: "We still see people coming to hospital with measles and we saw the vaccine prevent those diseases.

Source: Irish Examiner October 13, 2019 06:33 UTC