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PRO/EDR> Mumps – Ireland (02)

Mumps -- IrelandThere 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 Read more [...]