VIRUS

CMO urges parents to keep children at home if they have illness symptoms

The Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth is advising parents to continue to be mindful of others when their children are ill and to keep them home from school and childcare facilities if they are exhibiting new symptoms of illness. This advice comes as schools and childcare facilities reopen. The reopening of schools and childcare facilities … Read more

Influenza viruses activity increasing in Ireland: Health protection Surveillance Centre report

The health protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has said influenza is now circulating in Ireland, and the data indicate that the number of confirmed cases notified to HPSC has almost tripled in the past week. Thirty-seven laboratory-confirmed influenza cases were notified during the most recent week, compared to 13 cases in the previous week. The median … Read more