Visitors to Cork University Hospital issued with warning over potential contact with measles

The alert, issued by the Department of Public Health HSE South West, is for specific times and places only

Cork University Hospital. File Picture: Larry Cummins

A measles alert has been issued to people who were in certain areas of the emergency department or Puffin Ward in Cork University Hospital on two days last week.

Contact tracing teams are trying to get in touch with contacts of anyone known to have been there at specific times on Sunday or Monday and warn them to watch out for measles symptoms.