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In the midst of a third wave of coronavirus infections, Ireland now holds the unhappy title of the nation with the highest transmission rate in the world. - Hectic Christmas - However, just weeks earlier, Ireland was one of the nations to dramatically relax coronavirus restrictions around the festive period.
Hectic Christmas, UK strain: How Ireland became most infectious coronavirus country
In December, it had the lowest incidence rate in the European Union after becoming the first member country to launch a second lockdown.
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DUBLIN: In the midst of a third wave of coronavirus infections, Ireland now holds the unhappy title of the nation with the highest transmission rate in the world.
The country of five million has suffered only 2,397 virus deaths to date and gained plaudits for the way it handled two previous pandemic waves.
The seasonality of the virus, the presence of the more transmissible UK variant and households mixing over Christmas all contributed to the surge, according to a government spokesperson from the office of Prime Minister Micheál Martin.