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Healthcare workers are experiencing severe burnout as they face into the second year of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the Oireachtas Health Committee will be told.

Amount of Covid-19 deaths at University Hospital Waterford having traumatic effect on staff Dr Landers said the hospital was the busiest in the country on Thursday morning, with over 100 Covid-19 inpatients Dr Rob Landers said the hospital remained under severe pressure. File picture: Facebook Thu, 04 Feb, 2021 - 16:27 Steven Heaney The high number of Covid-19-related deaths and hospitalisations at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) is having a “traumatic” effect on staff there. That’s ...

Waterford, Ireland / WLR Feb 4, 2021 11:08 AM A FORMER clinical director at University Hospital Waterford has described the current high number of Covid hospitalisations at UHW  – and the recent high number of deaths there –  as “traumatic” on all involved. Rob Landers, who is a surgical pathologist,  says the hospital is “under severe pressure” dealing with the high numbers and the fact that lots of staff are out sick is “putting us under more pressure”. “It’s been a ver...

The Florida Department of Health announced 30 new coronavirus-related deaths in Volusia County on Wednesday, the highest the county has seen so far. But FDOH - Volusia spokeswoman Holly Smith said the deaths were from a grouping reported by the Vital Statistics Office. "The number reported in today’s report does NOT reflect 30 people who died from COVID yesterday," Smith wrote in an emailed statement. "They only reflect 30 COVID-related deaths that have occurred in Volusia County since th...

“It is not the Republicans’ job to limit the minimum wage increase for populations they apparently deem unworthy,” Diaz said. “It is ridiculous and discriminatory. Floridians already voted by over 60% to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It is simple as that.” John Morgan, the Orlando trial lawyer whose firm spent $4.6 million to finance the petition campaign that got the minimum wage increase on the ballot in November, vowed to sue if Brandes’ measure advanced. “This bi...

The highest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths occurred on Aug. 11 with 276 deaths. This was during the previous peak in the pandemic.

New statewide vaccine registration could bring uniformity and predictability to a vaccine rollout that has lacked both.

People who want the COVID vaccine in Florida must show proof of residency or that they are in state providing health care to patients.

Marion Countys seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate jumped from 12.5% on Tuesday to 13.2% on Wednesday, according Florida Department of Health data.

MARTIN COUNTY — The Department of Health in Martin County will give out 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday and Friday, the agency announced Wednesday. By 1 p.m. Wednesday, all appointments were filled, county officials announced via text. The registration for the two-day vaccination drive-thru event is being done online on Eventbrite, beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Registration will close once all 900 spots are filled. These clinics are for the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Thi...