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COVID-19: How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world?

How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world?

How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world? David Blevins, senior Ireland correspondent © Reuters Hospital admissions in the Republic of Ireland have doubled since the first wave The situation is the most serious that it s been since the start of the pandemic in Ireland. Those are not my words. They are the words of Dr Gabrielle Colleran, vice president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. In the space of six weeks, the country has gone from having the lowest COVID infection rate in the EU to having the highest infection rate in the world. The almost vertical line on the global chart sent shock waves across the island, prompting debate about what went wrong.

Editorial: First line of defence is the home – that is where we must stay as health system staggers towards collapse

There is a general acceptance hyperbolic headlines will command more attention than mundane truths. But there is nothing either exaggerated or mundane about the announcement that we have the highest daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world. Our seven-day average is 1,394 cases per million – higher than the UK (810) and the USA (653). This is a dire picture no-one wanted to see. Our hospitals will soon be overwhelmed. Head of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, Prof Alan Irvine, has warned: “The acute hospital system is under the greatest pressure that it’s ever been in living memory. This is truly a national emergency in our acute hospitals.”

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