'Losing our measles-free status is a real threat': No drop off in measles rate in Ireland last year after cases tripled in 2018
THERE WERE 80 reported measles cases in Ireland in 2019, up from 77 in 2018, according to provisional statistics compiled by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre .
A spokesperson for the HSE said the relative stabilisation in the number of cases reported in Ireland is due to the fact outbreaks here last year were “relatively small” and all “likely to linked to imported cases”.‘A real threat’ The uptake rate in 2018 was 92%. There has been a steady increase in the uptake of the MMR vaccine in recent years after dipping to 73% in 2001 and 2002, and much lower in certain parts of the country.
The HSE spokesperson told TheJournal.ie vaccination is the “only way to control and prevent measles”, adding that the MMR vaccine is 99% effective once two doses have been delivered. Health Minister Simon Harris last week announced that funding of €500,000 has been made available to support the work of the Vaccine Alliance, a network of healthcare professionals, policy makers, patient advocates, students, and representatives from groups most affected by vaccine hesitancy.
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