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THE HSE SAYS that patients at the centre of a measles outbreak have been in the Kerry area and Dublin Airport in the last month.
The HSE Public Health Departments and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) continue to investigate an outbreak of the illness in Kerry, which was first flagged in early May.
Outbreak control teams have been convened in HSE East, Northeast, South, Southeast and Midwest regions. As of this week, 33 cases have been confirmed nationally.
Most of those affected are under ten and 70% haven’t had their MMR vaccination. In a minority of these cases, it was because they were aged less than one year and were not due the vaccine until 12 months.
Dr Kevin Kelleher, a HSE Consultant in Public Health stressed that they wanted “to maintain public and clinician awareness around the signs and symptoms of the condition and ensure that anyone with concerns addresses them immediately in order to receive a rapid diagnosis.
This in turn allows our public health teams to be fully responsive and in a position to implement all necessary control measures.
Dr Kelleher says measles is “highly infectious, [but] if cases are isolated early, the risk of transmission to vulnerable individuals decreases”.
The HSE says it has identified the following areas as places where infected patients were in June. They include Ballheigue and Tralee in Kerry from 1 June to 15 June, Bunmahon in Tipperary on 5 June and Dublin Airport on 22 and 24 June.
Measles symptoms include:
Those who develop symptoms should stay at home and phone their doctor, stopping visitors from coming to their house.
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There was no ceasefire, so to report as such is just false. Ukraine categorically said they would not observe one so both sides continued bombing eachother. That’s all there is to it.
@Martin McGowan: exactly. As much as I disagree with what Russia has done in invading another country, this is a war of propaganda. Right or wrong you have to realise that both sides are purporting propaganda.
@Ciaran: this is a war. Propaganda has always been a part of war and always will be. Everyone should know this by now.
@Paul Furey: Ukraine said they wouldn’t observe the Russian ceasefire. Agree on propaganda, but how is this an example of it?
@Paul Furey: yes but the propaganda we see is one sided mainly … western media supporting Ukrainian propaganda, believing all Ukraine say and not believing anything Russia says..
@Ciaran: no one should be listening to what Russia has to say until they leave Ukraine.
@Ciaran: well russia said they woukdnt invade so that was a bad start to be fair
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