Ryan urges communities to work together to defeat Covid
The latest figures released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre included five new reported Covid-19 deaths. There were sixty-nine new cases reported nationally. Five cases in Donegal and two in Sligo were confirmed yesterday. There were no additional cases in Leitrim. Localised Covid-19 restrictions could be imposed in…
Cabinet meeting to consider moving to stage 4 of reopening
The Cabinet will meet today to consider if Stage 4 of the roadmap for reopening will go ahead as planned next Monday. Principal among this will be health advice on the potential impact the full reopening of pubs may have on schools resuming in September. It comes as…
NPHET issue Covid warning ahead of bank holiday weekend
Public Health Officials are pleading with people to double down on their efforts to fight Covid-19 this bank holiday weekend. The National Public Health Emergency Team says it’s “very concerned” at the 85 newly confirmed cases of the virus. Another patient has died, meaning the death toll now…
Slight increase in north west Covid-19 cases
85 people who travelled abroad may have incorrectly had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment stopped. The Department of Social Protection says it has completed a review of all 2,500 cases where the payment was cut. The department said it will be contacting the 85 individuals directly in the coming…
Covid-19: One new case in Donegal, Leitrim; Sligo more than a week without new case
It’s now more than a week since a case of the Covid-19 virus has been confirmed in County Sligo, where the number remains at 148. There has been one new case over the weekend in each of counties Donegal and Leitrim; Donegal now has had 472 cases while there has…
Public Health officials to discuss re-opening pubs & travel restrictions
The full reopening of pubs, and how to limit the number of tourists travelling into this country, will be discussed by public health officials later today. The National Public Health Emergency Team meets this morning, with all licensed premises due to be allowed reopen next Monday, under Phase 4of…
Visitors from overseas that fail to quarantine should be jailed
An infectious diseases expert says any visitor from overseas who doesn’t quarantine for two weeks should be jailed. It comes as the World Health Organisation reports a record daily increase in global Covid-19 cases at 230,000 – 66,000 of them were in the US. Here, seventeen people tested…