A Professor of immuno-virology says local lockdowns would be going too far in areas with stubbornly high incidences of Covid.
More than half of the Local Electoral Areas in Dublin are above the 14 day national average, of 123 cases per 100 thousand.
While officials are considering extra measures for Donegal as it has the highest rate of the entire country.
Professor Liam Fanning from University College Cork says extra measures locally should be enough to slow the spread:
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The number of cases in each of Waterford’s Local Electoral Areas is staying relatively low.
Up to Monday, 5 new cases had been confirmed in the previous seven days in Tramore/City West, 28 in City South, and 13 in City East.
The Dungarvan, Lismore, and Portlaw/Kilmacthomas areas all recorded fewer than five new cases.
The incidence rate nationally is now at almost 132 cases per 100,000 people.
However, it’s now below that in each of our electoral areas.
Yesterday (Thursday, April 15th) the Department of Health reported 15 additional cases in Waterford.
While 840 people have tested positive for covid 19, as a result of getting a test at one of the country’s walk-in centres.
Concerns continue over main arterial route to West Clare
March 15, 2021
A FIVE-YEAR programme to address the condition of one of West Clare’s main arterial routes has been called for, amid ongoing concerns at changes to speed limits on the N68. Reductions at a number of points on the road from Kilrush to Ennis were introduced in 2019, meaning there are 11 different speed zones on the route. At the West Clare Municipal District meeting last week, these concerns prompted a Kilrush-based councillor to consider voting against the Schedule of Municipal District Works.
The programme was unveiled by Senior Engineer, John Leahy and described by Director of Services Leonard Cleary as “a very, very good result for West Clare”. There was a welcome, generally, for the fact that €34.5 million has been allocated for the county, but Councillor Ian Lynch said that the condition of the N68 from Kilrush to Ennis caused him to think twice before giving his backing to the schedule of works.