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SORE SPOT Urgent Irish chickenpox warning on ‘serious’ complications – as hospital cases DOUBLE in year
Aoife Horan
12:32, 7 Apr 2022Updated: 12:34, 7 Apr 2022
IRISH health experts have issued a fresh warning on the "serious" complications of chickenpox - as hospitalised cases are double the same time last year.
Some 12 cases of chickenpox have needed hospital treatment so far this year, up from just five in the same time period back in 2021.
And 40 per cent of Irish people are unaware of the risks and complications chickenpox can cause, experts fear.
According to HPSC data up to April 2, there were two hospitalisations due to chickenpox last week...
SORE SPOT Urgent Irish chickenpox warning on ‘serious’ complications – as hospital cases DOUBLE in year
Aoife Horan
12:32, 7 Apr 2022Updated: 12:34, 7 Apr 2022
IRISH health experts have issued a fresh warning on the "serious" complications of chickenpox - as hospitalised cases are double the same time last year.
Some 12 cases of chickenpox have needed hospital treatment so far this year, up from just five in the same time period back in 2021.
And 40 per cent of Irish people are unaware of the risks and complications chickenpox can cause, experts fear.
According to HPSC data up to April 2, there were two hospitalisations due to chickenpox last week...
