Health chiefs warn Limerick at risk of measles outbreak due to low uptake of MMR vaccine

According to the latest provisional data, Limerick has one of the lowest rates of MMR uptake in the country (82.6%), followed by Clare at 89.1% and North Tipperary at 88.9% in the Mid-West region. File picture: Owen Humphreys/PA

Health chiefs have warned the Limerick region is at risk of a potentially deadly measles outbreak due to Shannonside having the lowest take-up of the measles vaccine outside of Dublin.

The Department of Public Health Mid-West confirmed that it investigated a single case of measles in the region in late November/early December.