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Thu 11 Nov 2009Measles outbreak reported in Galway
Parents have been urged to get their children vaccinated after a measles outbreak in Galway city in which five children and teenagers were hospitalised this week.
"We are urging parents whose children have not been immunised to bring their children for immunisation as soon as possible to prevent the spread of measles,” said HSE west director of public health Dr Diarmuid O’Donovan. Six suspected cases of measles have been reported to the HSE.
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