Lockdown Ireland: All the restriction changes we could see soon from nursing homes to schools
These are the changes we expect to see first
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Updated / Thursday, 25 Feb 2021
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Dr Ronan Glynn said it would be disingenuous to set dates for the reopening of society at this point
A lot of the time a combination of the words Covid-19 and positive are a cause for concern, but there was a lot of positive news at Covid-19 briefings by the HSE and NPHET.
Much of the positive news concerned vaccines and their effectiveness. Strong early evidence of vaccine effectiveness
Professor Philip Nolan, the head of the National Public Health Emergency Team s epidemiological modelling advisory group, began his remarks at this evening s press conference by saying we continue to see quite significant progress against all indicators of Covid-19.
HSE boss told NPHET member he was at wits end over post-Christmas Covid computer glitch
Ireland was likely experiencing record numbers of Covid-19 cases earlier than officially reported. By Stephen McDermott Thursday 18 Feb 2021, 12:05 AM Feb 18th 2021, 12:05 AM 60,478 Views 69 Comments
Image: RollingNews.ie
Image: RollingNews.ie
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE STAFF were urged to slow down the number of Covid-19 cases they were inputting into the HPSC’s data-reporting system after a computer glitch slowed the official reporting of cases after Christmas, newly released emails show.
Correspondence between HSE officials seen by
TheJournal.ie shows how Ireland was experiencing record numbers of Covid-19 cases earlier than officially reported.
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Standby list of frontline healthcare workers should be in place for any leftover vaccines, HSE says
A HSE document says “every effort should be made” to ensure vaccines are given to frontline healthcare workers. By Orla Dwyer Monday 18 Jan 2021, 3:46 PM Jan 18th 2021, 3:46 PM 14,966 Views 25 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/hedgehog94
A HSE DOCUMENT on Covid-19 vaccination of frontline healthcare workers has said there should be a standby list of healthcare workers available to avoid any waste in the instance of leftover vaccines.
The document published on 12 January also said that vaccination centres were initially based at locations with “access to sufficient numbers of staff to ensure that the vaccine is used” which “raises geographical equity of access for people who do not w