The master of the Rotunda maternity hospital, Prof Sean Daly has spoken of the disappointing uptake of the flu vaccine this winter.
There had been three cases in the Rotunda, he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show that it was inevitable there would be cases coming into the hospital given the prevalence of the flu virus in society at present.
The disappointing uptake meant that the vaccine “probably” had not been as effective as flu vaccines in the past, he said. It could also be because of the current variant of influenza.
Prof Daly said he was an advocate for the flu vaccine and that every hospital was seeing an increase in flu cases.
Meanwhile a new RSV immunisation programme for newborns at the Rotunda has been a great success, he said with 80 percent uptake.
“As I understand it, the number of RSV cases that have required a high dependency care or intensive care has dropped dramatically. So it has been a huge success.”
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