The Public Health Agency (PHA) confirmed the figures as it urged pregnant women and the parents of young children to book an appointment for the pertussis vaccine to help protect their children after a significant rise in cases. A highly contagious and sometimes serious bacterial infection, there have been 769 confirmed cases of whooping cough (pertussis) so far this year in Northern Ireland compared with just two between 2021 and 2023. Louise Flanagan, Consultant in Public Health at the PHA,... Read this story
