{"id":6280,"date":"2019-03-19T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2019-03-22T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:22:17","slug":"more-mumps-cases-in-2019-than-in-all-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6280","title":{"rendered":"More Mumps Cases in 2019 than in all of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There have been more cases of mumps in the first 11 weeks of 2019, than all of last year.<\/p>\n

The latest weekly report from the HSE has found there’s been 593 cases of mumps so far.<\/p>\n

Cases of the highly contagious disease have seen a rapid increase since the turn of the year, with outbreaks reported at some schools and universities.<\/p>\n

Cases of mumps went over 70 for the third week in a row last week, with 71 people diagnosed.<\/p>\n

204 of the cases were in the Eastern Region, with the lowest being reported in the Southern area at 16.<\/p>\n

Over 60% of the cases reported came from those aged between 15 to 24.<\/p>\n

The HSE is advising that the best protection against the disease is two doses of the MMR vaccine.<\/p>\n

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