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The HSE is seeing an increase in people with respiratory illnesses attending emergency departments - 538 people with flu and 282 with COVID attended its EDs this week, an increase from 312 (flu) and 144 (COVID) the previous week. While our system is responding well, this increasing pressure requires all to play their part in using the right options for care.

An outbreak of influenza and a high number of COVID-19 cases saw University Hospital Galway last night (Wednesday) appeal to the public not to visit the hospital if they are feeling unwell or have respiratory symptoms.

An outbreak of influenza and a high number of COVID-19 cases saw University Hospital Galway last night (Wednesday) appeal to the public not to visit the hospital if they are feeling unwell or have respiratory symptoms.

With people across Ireland returning to work, school and commuting this month, Boots has announced that their Winter Flu vaccination Service has commenced for the 21/22 season whereby pharmacies nationwide and customers can now book their appointment at boots.ie/flu.

Optometrists have joined Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination drive after members delivered the profession’s first jabs to members of the public.

It is not too late to get your flu vaccination and the HSE is now urging people in high-risk groups to get vaccinated.

The HSE is urging parents not to send their children to school if they have flu-like illnesses or any of the associated symptoms, such as a high temperature, aches and pains, or a chesty cough in a bid to curtail the spread of the infection.

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has said that overcrowding and long waiting periods continue to be an issue at the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital as the trolley crisis is now an all year round emergency.

Galwegians, especially the vulnerable, are being urged to get the flu vaccine this year.

Following the success of last year’s flu vaccine campaign for health care staff, Saolta University Health Care Group has once again partnered with UNICEF to launch the 2018/2019 flu vaccine campaign "Get a vaccine, give a vaccine."