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In a statement from the Department of Public Health Mid-West today the state agency is expressing concerns over an increase in social gatherings across the region, and is appealing to the public to avoid these behaviours during this critical period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The slideshow above is an example of two community outbreaks in the Mid-West that led to a significant number of Covid-19 cases and further clusters in different settings, prior to the third wave.
In outbreak 1, a community outbreak of 38 cases occurred as a result of transmission among student population through a variety of social contact settings (i.e. social contact/gatherings, household visits, etc). One of these cases worked at a café/restaurant where transmission to two work colleagues occurred, causing a workplace outbreak. These two work colleagues spread the virus to family members within their households.
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28th January 2021
Outbreaks in workplaces remain one of the most significant areas of concern for health officials in the Midwest during this third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Health Midwest, Clare County Council and An Garda Síochána in Clare have all issued appeals to people not to become complacent, as daily cases numbers fall in the county.
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There has already been more cases of covid-19 confirmed in January than in all of 2020, but despite this, Clare’s daily figures have begun to level out.
The county recorded it’s lowest number of daily cases since December 28th on Tuesday this week, while last night 24 new cases were confirmed.
Department of Public Health North East says 388 COVID-19 cases linked to 57 workplace outbreaks By Michael Carolan The Department of Public Health North-East is urging all staff working in essential services during the Level 5 restrictions to wear face masks in communal areas The HSE says break rooms and lunch areas are a concern for the spread of COVID-19 in the North East.
The Department of Public Health North-East is urging all staff and essential services that remain open during the Level 5 restrictions to wear face masks in communal areas, such as break rooms, kitchens, changing areas to help prevent COVID-19 transmission among colleagues.
The Department of Public Health Mid-West is strongly urging Clare people to review their Christmas plans, as Covid-19 infections continue to increase at an “alarming” rate.
Over the past eight days, there have been more than 300 Covid-19 cases in the region. The vast majority of these cases have been recorded in Limerick, which has seen one of its largest spikes in infections since the start of the pandemic.
Unlike any other period in the pandemic due to the nature of the festive season, the Department of Public Health pointed out there have been approximately three weeks of large social gatherings that have continuously intensified to date.
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24th December 2020
The Shannon electoral area has seen the highest rate of COVID cases over the past two weeks.
20 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded there in the two weeks to last Monday, according to new figures released by health authorities.
13 cases have been recorded in the Ennis area, along with five more in the Ennistymon area.
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In all of those areas, rates of the virus remain lower than the national average.
Once more, less than five cases have been recorded in the Kilrush and Killaloe Electoral areas.
They’re among only nine electoral areas in the country in which this is the case.