'Trust your instincts' - Parents should act quickly on early signs of meningitis

The public is being urged to be up to date with their meningitis vaccine. Picture: iStock

Consultant microbiologist, Dr Sinead O’Donnell, is urging the public to be up to date with their meningitis vaccine and for parents to trust their instincts if they feel their child could have the disease which has led to deaths in recent days.

“This is not an outbreak, these are sporadic cases, the cases are not connected,” she said.