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Top HSE doctor warns to keep children with flu symptoms not to return to school

written by Stephen Maguire January 5, 2018
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Parents with children with flu-like symptoms were warned today to keep them at home when schools open next week to combat an expected surge in influenza infections.

Thousands of children across the country are falling victim to the flu this year.

The Health Service Executive said the rise in the numbers of people with flu was having a significant knock-on effect on the high numbers on trolleys in the nation’s hospitals.

Dr Kevin Kelleher, assistant national director for public health and child health, said flu figures were expected to peak within a couple of weeks.

“When schools go back next week, there may be a leap in the numbers with flu,” Dr Kelleher told independent.ie.

To combat the expected surge in numbers, he appealed to parents to keep sick children at home.

He also declared adults with flu-like symptoms should not tough it out and go to work where they would spread the virus.

Top HSE doctor warns to keep children with flu symptoms not to return to school was last modified: January 6th, 2018 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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