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Ireland: 2019 Mumps

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Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/...-outbreak.html


HSE issue message to schools in Louth regarding Mumps outbreak
David Lynch
16 Jan 2019

The HSE have written to schools across Louth and the Northeast about an outbreak of Mumps.

In the communication, sent to local schools, the HSE explains the situation and the background to the outbreak.

They also alert parents and guardians about what to look out for.

"A large number of mumps infections have been notified recently among students in second level schools. The national immunisation schedule recommends that all children have 2 doses of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, one at 12 months of age and a second at 4-5 years...
 
Source: http://www.universitytimes.ie/2019/02/mumps-outbreak-prompts-college-warning/

Feb 8, 2019
Mumps Outbreak Prompts College Warning
An email to staff and students advised all members of College to check that they have had two MMR vaccines.
Cormac WatsonSenior Editor
Sergey Alifanov for The University Times

An outbreak of mumps across Dublin ? including cases in Trinity ? has prompted the College to warn students of the dangers of the disease and advise them to take precautions against it.

In an email to staff and students, the Director of the College Health Service, Dr David McGrath, recommended that all members of College should ?check that they have had two MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Vaccines and to make an appointment for vaccination either at College Health or with their own GP if they are not protected?.

?I would recommend that all students check their childhood vaccination history with their family GP?, he added.

Attached to the email was a letter from Dr Mary Conlon, a Senior Medical Officer, which cautioned that all students may have been exposed to mumps as a result of the outbreak...

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Source: https://www.the42.ie/blackrock-st-michaels-leinster-senior-schools-cup-4484209-Feb2019/

Leinster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final postponed due to outbreak of mumps
Blackrock College and St Michael?s College were due to meet at Donnybrook on Sunday afternoon.
6 hours ago

THE LEINSTER SENIOR Schools Cup quarter-final tie between Blackrock College and St Michael?s College, scheduled for this Sunday afternoon, has been postponed due to an outbreak of mumps at Blackrock...
 
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/break...e-in-mumps-cases-reported-to-hpsc-903780.html


84% increase in mumps cases reported to HPSC
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 05:30 AM
By Evelyn Ring
Irish Examiner Reporter

There has been an 84% increase in the number of cases of mumps reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in recent weeks.

Over the first five weeks of this year, the number of cases has increased to 231, compared to just 36 over the same period last year, an increase of 195.

There were 50 cases of the highly infectious disease reported over the week ending Saturday, February 2.

MMR uptake rates among children in Ireland remain below the target of 95% needed to prevent the spread of mumps, according to the HPSC.

Last week, the HSE alerted Trinity College Dublin that there had been cases of mumps in the university and other students might have been exposed...
 
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/hea...udent-has-been-diagnosed-with-mumps-1.3792629


UCD confirms one student has been diagnosed with mumps
Highly contagious viral infection usually affects children and young people
2 minutes ago Updated: 3 minutes ago
Mark Hilliard

University College Dublin (UCD) has confirmed one of its students has been diagnosed with mumps and has issued health advice to its student body on Tuesday.

It comes after a number of cases of the virus were diagnosed at Trinity College Dublin...
 
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/outbreak-of-mumps-hits-universities-50vmfl2f8

Outbreak of mumps hits universities
Catherine Sanz, Senior Ireland Reporter
February 27 2019, 12:01am, The Times

Nearly 400 cases of mumps have been reported this year, HSE figures have shown.

There were 64 new cases reported last week, bringing the total to 384 since the start of the year. The number of cases has been rising steadily in recent weeks, with 278 in the first six weeks of the year. Last year there had been 52 cases by the end of February. There were 576 cases in total last year...
 
Source: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/politicians-put-alert-after-case-15921744

Politicians put on alert after case of mumps discovered on Dail campus
Anyone who has the highly contagious disease has been advised to stay away from Leinster House
By Ferghal Blaney
06:00, 5 MAR 2019

Politicians were put on official alert yesterday after a case of
highly contagious mumps was discovered on the Dail campus.

An emergency circular was issued to all Oireachtas offices from the HSE urging TDs or senators who never had the infection or the MMR vaccination to get the jab.

Anyone working in Leinster House who has mumps are being warned to stay away from work for at least five days. The Houses of the Oireachtas issued a ?warn and inform? notice to all offices yesterday morning...
 
Source: https://www.hpsc.ie/news/title-18877-en.html
[h=1]Mumps cases continue to rise across Ireland[/h] Published: March 5, 2019
There has been a large rise in the number of mumps cases reported to HPSC in the first nine weeks of 2019 compared to the same period last year. Most cases are in teenagers and young adults. In the first 9 weeks of 2019, 451 mumps cases were notified compared to 60 for the same time period in 2018. A total of 575 cases were notified in 2018.
Mumps cases in 2019 to date
  • Age group distribution: most cases are in the 15-19 year age group (34%); 20-24 year age group (28%) and 10-14 year age group (11%)
  • The male: female ratio is 1.3:1
  • 20 cases were reported as hospitalised
  • Most cases have been reported in the East (142 cases), followed by the North East (102 cases), the West (72 cases), Northwest (55 cases), Midwest (39 cases) with smaller numbers in the Midlands (17 cases), South (13 cases), and South East (11 cases).
  • In 2019 to date, 10 mumps outbreaks have been reported in community, school, university, private home and other settings...
 
Source: https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.p...jor-outbreak-of-the-illness-in-the-north-west

HSE reports sharp rise in number of cases of mumps following major outbreak of the illness in the north-west
Published: Thursday, 28 March 2019 12:27

The HSE has reported a sharp rise in the number of cases of mumps following a major outbreak of the illness in the north-west.

A total of 18 cases of the contagious disease have been reported since Monday according to the Irish Independent.

This brings the total number of cases in the region to 93.

A spokesperson for the HSE says they have been mainly in the Sligo town area and south Donegal, but there are also some cases in north Donegal...
 
Source: https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news...ak-of-mumps-in-leitrim-sligo-and-donegal.html

Ongoing outbreak of mumps in Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal
95% of children need to be vaccinated with the MMR in order to prevent the spread of measles in our community
Leitrim Observer Reporter
17 Apr 2019

The HSE says is "had not seen diseases like measles in Donegal, Sligo or Leitrim for a number of years, because 95% of children were vaccinated against them. Last year, the uptake of childhood vaccinations dropped slightly in Donegal and this resulted in an outbreak of measles in January this year."

The HSE says "There is also an ongoing mumps outbreak across Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. The HSE has been notified of 116 cases so far...
 
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...orted-so-far-this-year-passes-1-000-1.3876633


Number of cases of mumps reported so far this year passes 1,000
Twice as many mumps cases have been reported this year as were recorded in the whole of 2018
43 minutes ago

The number of cases of mumps reported so far this year has exceeded the 1,000 mark, twice as many as were recorded in the whole of 2018.

Young people aged between 15 and 24 accounted for two-thirds of cases reported to the HSE?s health protection surveillance centre.

The number of measles cases is also up on the same period last year, from 45 to 54 in the first 16 weeks of the year, according to the centre.

The HSE is warning of a further increase in cases over the summer when Irish holiday-makers travel to countries that are currently suffering major outbreaks of the disease...
 
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/hea...r-mumps-surge-as-cases-exceed-1-600-1.3985213

Doctors warn of further mumps surge as cases exceed 1,600
Students at increased risk of disease when schools and colleges reopen next week
about 6 hours ago Updated: about 5 hours ago

A nationwide outbreak of mumps has caused more than 1,600 infections this year and may flare up again as schools and colleges return next month, the HSE has warned.

The biggest mumps outbreak in a decade continues, and the number of cases is still above normal levels. However, the weekly number of cases is declining, according to the HSE?s Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

The worst-affected area is Dublin and neighbouring counties and the largest number of cases has occurred in 15- to 24-year-olds...
 
Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/students-warned-mumps-outbreak-dublin-4865393-Oct2019/

Dublin universities send warnings to students over mumps outbreak in the capital
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
10 hours ago

WARNINGS HAVE BEEN issued to university students in Dublin after the HSE confirmed that mumps cases have increased as students return to schools and colleges.

Earlier this month, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases, confirmed that the national mumps outbreak that started in 2018 is still ongoing...

...In September, 69 cases were notified to HPSC compared to 56 notifications for the same time period in 2018. Nearly half of these notifications are from the HSE east region.

From the beginning of the year until the end of September, a total of 1,765 cases of mumps were identified in Ireland, compared to a total of 575 for 2018.

Most cases (58.5%) were in the 15-24 year age group.

Among those in the 15-24 year age group, school, university or social settings were reported as the most likely place where mumps cases were infected, according to the HPSC.

Overall, 72 cases (4%) were reported as hospitalised, the average hospitalisation was 4 days...
 
Source: https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/warning-students-after-rise-cases-17287352

Warning for students after rise in cases of Mumps in UCC over last two weeks
There has already been signs of increased mumps activity on campuses across all of Ireland this academic year
ByCormac O'SheaDeputy Editor
13:30, 20 NOV 2019

Students are being warned about an outbreak of the Mumps in UCC in the last two weeks.

UCC Student Health Services have alerted those attending the University that there has been a spike in both the Mumps and flu in recent weeks...
 
Source: https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Mu...read--4260084c-cd98-42fa-9f4e-8c367241aeff-ds


Mumps outbreak in Cork and Kerry amid fears of further spread
Darragh Bermingham
26.11.2019 17:04

There has been an increase in mumps cases in Cork and Kerry in recent months, according to the Department of Public Health in the HSE, which has warned of more cases in the coming weeks after college students contracted the illness.

So far this year 68 cases of mumps have been reported in the Cork and Kerry area, with 10 of these cases notified in the last 10 days.

Nationally, there has been a large increase in mumps cases since 2018, with more than 2,000 cases so far this year...
 
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/hea...tinues-with-103-new-cases-last-week-1.4109746


Biggest mumps outbreak in a decade continues with 103 new cases last week
Worst affected part of the State is the greater Dublin area, which accounted for 1,126 cases so far this year
about 4 hours ago
Paul Cullen Health Editor

The biggest mumps outbreak in a decade shows no sign of abating, with 103 new cases reported last week.

So far this year, 2,458 cases of mumps have been reported, compared to 563 notified in all of 2018, according to the latest figures.

With the current outbreak mostly affecting teenagers and young adults, scores of schools and colleges have been affected...
 
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