A Kerry County Councillor has called for a shingles vaccination programme for adults.
This is following a HIQA recommendation to include a chickenpox vaccine to the routine childhood immunisation programme.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has advised Health Minister Stephen Donnelly that a chickenpox vaccine is safe and effective to use.
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Fianna Fail councillor Michael Cahill has said the suffering of both chickenpox and shingles could be wiped out forever with the use of an efficient vaccination plan.
