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Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan is advising the Government that people should go back to working from home, as fears grow that the Covid-19 incidence rate could spiral out of control.
The 14 Day incidence of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) here in Co. Tipperary, between October 26th 2021 and November 8th, 2021 are shown hereunder.
Note: Figures hereunder shown in red represent the previous 14 day incidence rate, between the period October 19th, 2021 and November 1st, 2021, in same LEAs.
In all Tipperary LEAs the incidence rates have substantially increased and in the case of the Thurles LEA figures; same have more than doubled in just seven days, noticeably over the Halloween holiday festival period.
Newport 105, (83) – Thurles 109, (54) – Roscrea/Templemore 149, (82) – Clonmel 126, (71) – Cashel/Tipperary 176, (117) – Cahir 229, (174) – Carrick-on-Suir 234, (167), – Nenagh 278, (228).
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) member and Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE, Dr Colm Henry, is encouraged people to cut down on their social contacts; adding that the first line of defence is people stopping to transmit the virus within their own local community.
The Department of Health has confirmed 3,680 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, here in the Republic of Ireland.
The number of people in our hospitals, who have tested positive for the disease, stands at 543, down 8 since yesterday and of these, 97 are receiving treatment in our intensive care units around the country, latter figure an increase of 8 on yesterdays reported figures.
The Government is not actively considering a return to working from home full-time, the Minister for Health Mr Stephen Donnelly has confirmed, adding that he has not received any further advice from public health officials on this matter; thus the Government is not considering extending the Covid-19 vaccine passes to any other areas.
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has confirmed 1,462 new coronavirus cases and sadly a further 6 related deaths.
In the Netherlands, the Dutch pandemic expert advisory panel has recommended imposing western Europe’s first partial lockdown since the summer, putting pressure on the government to take drastic and unpopular action to fight a Covid-19 surge. The 16,364 new cases over the previous 24 hours, announced by the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) Dutch public health institute, has broken the previous record of 12,997, same set on December 20th last year.
The EU’s drug watchdog has approved two Covid-19 antibody treatments, in its first approvals of the ground-breaking therapies that help stop infected people developing symptoms of the disease.
“Ronapreve” made by Swiss pharma giant Roche with US biotech firm Regeneron, and “Regkirona“, developed by South Korea’s Celltrion, have both gotten the green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
In the meanwhile, please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed 2,975 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, here in the Irish Republic
There are 551 patients with the virus in our hospitals, up 31 from yesterday, and of these 89 are in intensive care, up a further 6 on yesterday’s reported figures.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan has stated that he understands that some people have become tired of this ongoing pandemic, but compliance with public health regulations is not at the level that it needs to be at this time and we are not seeing encouraging signs of reduction in socialisation.
He warned employers and employees that Christmas party plans are within everybody’s control, and he would like employers to minimise risk for both employees and themselves.
Dr Holohan also stated that there will be a limited role to antigen testing in schools and that the key thing for parents is that antigen testing should not be used as a green light test, if children have symptoms. He warned that there is evidence of that happening across the country.
Meanwhile, An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Mr Leo Varadkar has warned that if the hospitality sector wants to remain open it must comply with existing Covid rules. Plans to increase inspections by the Health and Safety Authority, to ensure premises are checking Covid passes, are to be further stepped up. Those not in compliance will face enforcement actions.
In Northern Ireland, a further 1,765 cases of the virus have been confirmed by their Department of Health.
This morning, there were 404 Covid-positive patients in northern hospitals, with 36 of these in intensive care units.
Sadly, over the same 24 hour period, a further 7 patients; who had previously tested positive for Covid-19, have passed away.
Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed 3,578 additional cases of Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.
The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital has increased to 520, same figure up 22 on the same time yesterday. Of these there remain 83 patients in ICU; an increase of 5 on yesterday’s reported figures.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Public Expenditure, Mr Michael McGrath has correctly stated that businesses in the hospitality sector, that do not enforce rules relating to Covid-19 vaccination passes, do not deserve to remain open. The Minister further stated that hospitality outlets that do not enforce the rules are placing every other person at risk.
Today’s numbers are now the highest in our hospitals since March 1st last, when there were 540 patients with Covid-19. The three hospitals with the highest number of Covid-19 cases are St James’s in Dublin with 44 cases, University Hospital Limerick; latter the medical facility serving North Tipperary with 37 cases and the Regional Hospital Mullingar with 33.
Europe is once again at the epicentre of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent. WHO Europe head Herr Hans Kluge has stated that the continent could see half a million further deceased persons by next February. He has blamed insufficient vaccine take-up by individuals for this rise.
Costa Rica has become the first country in the world to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for children. The vaccination will join the already extensive list of basic childhood vaccinations already required by law, health officials have stated.
The country has already signed a deal with Pfizer to acquire the necessary doses to start vaccinating all children under 12 years from March 2022.
A professor of Immunology here at DCU, Prof Christine Loscher has said that vaccinating children aged between 5 and 11 years will play a role in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic and in preventing the onward spread of infection.
While mRNA vaccines have yet to be approved in Europe for this age group, evidence from Pfizer in the United States shows the vaccine reduces infection by 90.7% in this lower age population.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed 1,228 new cases of the virus; with, sadly, a further 7 deaths of patients, latter who had previously tested positive for Covid-19. There are 395 Covid-positive patients in northern hospitals, 39 of whom are in intensive care.
Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed 3,161 new cases of Covid-19, over the past 24 hours, here in the Republic Of Ireland .
There remain 498 patients with the virus in hospital, an increase of 20 on yesterday’s reported figures. Of these 78 are in our intensive care units, an increase of 3, also based on yesterday’s figures.
More than 52,600 third booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to people under 60 years, latter who are immunocompromised, the latest HSE figures confirm. It is estimated around 90,000 people in this group are due to get the booster dose.
Patients on hospital waiting lists within the Irish Republic, must now continue to wait, while the number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 remains high, the President of the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr Ina Kelly has confirmed. She stated that every bed that is taken up with Covid, is a bed denied to the nearly one million people suffering with other forms of illness on waiting lists.
In Northern Ireland, a further 1,028 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, down from 1,035 cases recorded yesterday.
In all, a total of 284,231 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland, since the pandemic began.
Today, there are 378 patients with Covid-19 in Northern hospitals, down from 380 confirmed on Friday. There are 44 Covid patients in intensive care units in northern hospitals up from 43 recorded on Friday.
Sadly, 11 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic to 2,762.
Worldwide, total known Covid-19 cases have reached at least 250,049,045 in number, with the total death rate due to the disease standing at least at 5,052,494.
Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
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