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Alert as two babies die of Whooping cough
By Clodagh Sheehy
Thursday November 01 2012
PARENTS have been urged to vaccinate children after an outbreak of whooping cough claimed the lives of two babies.
Whooping cough cases have surged by almost 74pc this year, with babies under six months most likely to be hospitalised.
Two babies have already died from the condition and 125 children have been hospitalised in the first 10 months of this year.
Parents are being warned by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to vaccinate children as early as possible.
Figures from the HPSC show that 398 cases of whooping cough have been notified so far this year, compared to 229 for the whole of 2011...
Alert as two babies die of Whooping cough
By Clodagh Sheehy
Thursday November 01 2012
PARENTS have been urged to vaccinate children after an outbreak of whooping cough claimed the lives of two babies.
Whooping cough cases have surged by almost 74pc this year, with babies under six months most likely to be hospitalised.
Two babies have already died from the condition and 125 children have been hospitalised in the first 10 months of this year.
Parents are being warned by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to vaccinate children as early as possible.
Figures from the HPSC show that 398 cases of whooping cough have been notified so far this year, compared to 229 for the whole of 2011...