ECDC says there was issue with reported data which led to incorrect Irish vaccine figures
The ECDC’s vaccine tracker said Ireland had more than twice its actual number of doses administered. By Orla Dwyer Monday 1 Feb 2021, 8:23 PM Feb 1st 2021, 8:23 PM 32,089 Views 9 Comments
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THE EUROPEAN CENTRE for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has said there was an issue with vaccine data reported from Ireland which claimed the country had administered more than 430,000 vaccines.
Latest statistics from the HSE show that nearly 200,000 vaccine doses have been administered so far in Ireland.
The ECDC’s new vaccine tracker which shows vaccination numbers in each EU country claims that 438,000 doses have been distributed and administered in Ireland to dat
Coronavirus: 79 deaths and 1,414 new cases confirmed in Ireland
Ireland has recorded over 1,000 deaths and more than 100,000 cases in January alone. By Lauren Boland Saturday 30 Jan 2021, 5:49 PM Jan 30th 2021, 5:49 PM 122,961 Views 232 Comments
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PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed that 1,414 more cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Ireland.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has reported that 79 more people in Ireland have died with Covid-19, 78 of which occurred in January.
Ireland has recorded over 1,000 deaths and more than 100,000 cases in January alone.
The total number of people who have died now stands at 3,292, while the number of cases has reached 195,303.
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By Shane Harrison
image captionLevel Five restrictions have been extended in the Republic of Ireland until 5 March
A senior member of the Republic of Ireland s National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has rejected the zero Covid strategy advocated by opposition politicians.
Those supporting the measure point to Australia and New Zealand.
Those countries have had much stricter lockdowns and rules on inbound travel.
Professor Philip Nolan said it was a false promise to say Ireland could go from Level Five restrictions to Zero or One in the space of weeks or months .
He said it won t happen .
Professor Nolan, who chairs NPHET s epidemiological modelling advisory group, said it would be an incredibly risky thing to do because we will inevitably be a leaky country and get re-introduction of the disease and that could easily be new variants .