HSE warns passengers on Dublin-bound flight may have been exposed to measles

Passengers on board a London-Dublin flight may have been exposed to measles, according to health officials.

The HSE has advised passengers and crew who were onboard the Ryanair flight FR123 from London Gatwick to Dublin at 8.10pm on Thursday, May 16th that they may have been exposed to the contagious disease.

In a public-health statement, the HSE said: “We ask you to be particularly vigilant for symptoms of measles for 21 days from exposure – until June 7th.”

The statement added that those who have either received two MMR vaccines, have previously been infected with measles, or were born in Ireland before 1978, are “probably immune”.

Those who are not are asked to avoid contact with vulnerable individuals including pregnant people, babies under the age of 12 months, and people with a weakened immune system until after June 7th.

Healthcare workers are asked to inform their line manager that they have been in contact with a measles case.

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