A County Armagh woman whose husband and eight-year-daughter had whooping cough has said it has been "a really frightening experience" for the family.There have been 769 laboratory confirmed cases of the infection in Northern Ireland from the start of the year to 5 May.
Five babies have died from whooping cough in England. Adam McCrory and his daughter Emily from Richhill have had whooping cough. His wife Sharon McCrory told News NI: "It's very scary watching your family go through this.
Mrs McCrory said Emily started coughing at the start of the Easter holidays and after it worsened and after Adam also became ill, they both went to the doctor. Two weeks later whooping cough was diagnosed.
The doctor took a swab. "The swab went away, came back and I got a phone call from the PHA (Public Health Agency)," she said. The family was put on antibiotics. Neither Mrs McCrory nor the couple's seven and 10-year-old sons contracted the disease.
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