Children ‘must get measles jab before going to Europe’

CHILDREN must be fully vaccinated against measles before visiting Europe this summer, Ireland’s health protection watchdog has urged.

There have been more than 10,000 cases of the highly infectious viral disease and four related deaths in 18 European countries so far this year.

The Health Service Executive’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) said many of the cases were due to infected people travelling between countries.