Covid- 19 numbers causing alarm
The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet this morning to discuss the spread of Covid-19, which has been described as “troubling”. Chief medical officer Tony Holohan says the country is in a ‘precarious situation’ as the virus is going in the ‘wrong direction’. It’s after 431 new…
Sizeable jump in number of Covid-19 cases
The chief medical officer says he’s ‘concerned’ the spread of Covid-19 is rising once again. It’s after 429 cases were recorded yesterday, less than two weeks after level 5 restrictions were lifted. There was one additional deaths yesterday. 46 new cases were reported in Donegal, 8 in…
Major meeting today on roll out of vaccines
The government is expected to receive a report today on how Covid-19 vaccines will be rolled out in Ireland once they’re approved. A high-level taskforce is due to complete its work on the logistics of how doses would be distributed. The cabinet’s already decided nursing home residents, frontline…
CMO expects significant surge of Covid-19 in January
The Chief Medical Officer says it’s unlikely we’ll avoid a significant surge of Covid-19 in early January. Public health officials don’t believe daily case numbers will fall any further this side of Christmas. The 7 day incidence rate increased by 13 per cent over the course of the…
CMO fears we are complacent in Covid fight
The Chief Medical Officer is warning that we need to make up for the time lost over the last week, when the decline of Covid-19 stalled. Daily case numbers had been declining rapidly during the first three weeks of level 5 restrictions, but this stopped suddenly over the…
International travel poses a Covid-19 risk – CMO
The Chief Medical Officer says international travel will be one of the biggest Covid 19 risks in the run-up to Christmas. Dr Tony Holohan has urged people to avoid non- essential travel – and that includes Irish people abroad flying home for Christmas. NPHET is hopeful all counties…
CMO encouraged by ‘positive trajectory’ in fight against Covid-19.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre reported 16 additional deaths related to COVID-19 in the latest set of figures they released. 14 of the deaths occurred in November and 1 in October, while a further death remains under investigation. There were 270 new cases reported yesterday which included 21…