The Chief Medical Officer says she's very concerned the country is at high risk of a measles outbreak. He died at a hospital in the Dublin and Midlands health region after recently travelling to an event in England. CMO, Prof Breda Smyth, says some counties have vaccination rates of below 80%. "I'm very concerned that we are at high risk of an outbreak of measles in Ireland at the moment. We need 95% of the population to be vaccinated in order to prevent measles infection from spreading.
" And in some counties, the rate is as low as below 80%. There has been a confirmed death of an adult in Ireland linked to measles infection. We need to prevent as many cases, serious illnesses and deaths as possible. Please get your MMR vaccine. See It's reported the HSE is considering a catch-up MMR vaccination programme for secondary schools and colleges, aimed at young people whose parents were put off the MMR jab because of a false and now discredited link with autism