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DUBLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - An Irish cluster of three cases of the COVID-19 variant first discovered in Brazil has been completely contained, a senior health official said on Saturday.
All three were infected outside of Ireland and all were discovered during a 14-day quarantine following the patients’ arrival from Brazil, Cillian De Gascun, the head of Ireland’s national virus laboratory, told RTE radio.
The infections, the first of the P1 Brazil variant TO BE discovered in Ireland, were announced by health officials on Friday evening. (Reporting by Conor Humphries Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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Irish PM says Northern Ireland rhetoric must be dialled down Reuters 2/3/2021
DUBLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Wednesday called for calm and a dialing down of rhetoric in a dispute between Britain and the European Union over Brexit checks on goods going between Northern Ireland and other parts of the United Kingdom.
British and EU officials are due to meet on Wednesday to discuss how to ease the passage of goods across the new customs border after shortages and delivery disruptions sparked anger in the British-ruled region. I think the rhetoric of the last couple of days we need to dial down. We need to come back and have calm engagement here and be pragmatic about this, Martin told Today FM radio, adding pragmatism and common sense should be applied to trading arrangements. (Reporting by Conor Humphries Editing by Chris Reese)