Measles catch-up vaccine to be offered to 310,000 people
More than 300,000 people are to be offered a measles catch-up vaccine under plans to come before Cabinet on Tuesday.
The catch-up vaccine programme has been drawn up over fears of outbreaks of the highly infectious virus in unprotected segments of the population.
Measles cases continue to rise across the UK and the rest of Europe, although so far in Ireland 12 cases have been reported and only one of these has been confirmed.
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Today's Business
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