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Nphet discussed lifting remaining restrictions as 1,578 new cases of Covid-19 reported

Nphet discusses lifting remaining restrictions as 1,578 new cases of Covid-19 reported

First-wave variant Of 131 cases analysed from the first wave, March to June, two types of virus were found in 69 per cent of sequences but they were no longer detected by mid-June. In the second wave, from July, a new virus “lineage” – first reported in September – made up 82 per cent of the cases. The study found that none of the common types of virus detected in the first wave re-emerged in the second with the exception of a single case of a first-wave variant found on December 21st. The research was carried out on behalf of the All Ireland Infectious Diseases Cohort Stu...

On Wednesday, St Vincent's had the dubious honour of caring for more Covid patients than any other hospital in the country. Its services are coping but are stretched to its limits, explains Prof Ryan. "Essentially, our ICU is full right now. We don't have spare ICU beds. Some could be facilitated if needs be but that's not an ideal situation. It used to be that we all knew someone who had Covid. Now, we all know of someone who died. The next thing, unfortunately, could be that we all know someone in our own family who died." Nphet's grim evening roll-call of Covid infection rates and deaths a...

Earlier on Newstalk Breakfast Dr Holohan warned that the country could not afford “to do” Christmas or New Year’s in the usual way. “We think it’s clear with the change in the infection that we have at the moment, with Christmas around the corner, that we as a country can’t afford to do Christmas and then the New Year after that in the way we normally do. “We need to do something if we’re going to prevent a surge of infection in January. We think the length of time as we move today into a set of Christmas arrangements, the length of time incorporating ...