Fears for children over whooping cough outbreak

PARENTS have been warned to vaccinate their children against whooping cough after more than a dozen suspected cases were discovered in Limerick and Clare.

Five of the cases in the Mid-Western Health Board (MWHB) region have been confirmed, in children aged between seven weeks and 17 years of age.

Two of them are children in Co Clare and the other three affected patients are from Limerick. Another eight suspected cases have been reported, most of them in Clare.