Mumps — Ireland
There has been a major outbreak of mumps in Ireland over the past 12 months with almost 2000 cases of the highly infectious disease having been notified to the health authorities.
A significant number of the outbreaks were in the HSE [Health and Safety Executive] South region which includes Cork, Kerry, Waterford and South Tipperary and where notifiable cases were twice the national average. However, the highest incidence of mumps was in the North-West.
The scale of the outbreak, since
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