HSE issues urgent warning to passengers on Dublin flight after measles case confirmed
Passengers are urged to also look out for symptoms over the coming weeks. The HSE has issued an urgent warning to passengers on a flight that arrived into Dublin recently, after a case of measles was confirmed. Passengers who travelled on Etihad Airways flight EY45 from Abu Dhabi to Dublin, which arrived on Saturday, March […]
2 years ago
Measles no longer considered eradicated in four EU countries, including the UK
The number of cases has increased dramatically across the continent. The World Health Organisation have released new figures revealing that four European countries are no longer considered to be measles-free. Countries are declared measles-free when there is no endemic transmission for 12 months in a specific geographic area, and now the disease is no longer […]
7 years ago
Anti-vaccination parents in Germany to face €2,500 fines if children do not have measles jab
Parents who do not get measles vaccinations for their children could be fine thousands of Euro, under new plans being created in Germany. German health minister Jens Spahn has drawn up a draft legislation which would also see children excluded from nursery and daycare facilities if they are not vaccinated against measles. The initiative comes amid a […]
7 years ago
US sees largest measles outbreak in 25 years
The measles outbreak has been described as “completely avoidable”. American health officials have reported that more than 700 people have been infected by measles this year, marking a 25-year high for the highly infectious disease. According to the BBC, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that cases had been recorded in 22 […]
7 years ago
Measles returns to Costa Rica for first time in five years as French family were not vaccinated
The country had been free of the disease for five years. An unvaccinated French boy is suspected of having reintroduced measles to Costa Rica after the country had been free of the disease for five years. According to The Independent, the reasons behind why the boy in question had not been vaccinated are unclear, and […]
7 years ago
Dublin measles outbreak worsens, according to HSE
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned that a recent measles outbreak in Dublin has gotten worse. According to a statement, “HSE has been notified this week of four further measles cases in Dublin, affecting two adults and two children. These four individuals are likely to have developed measles from contact with one of the two […]
8 years ago