Thurles Information

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,963 new cases of Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.

There are currently 500 people with Covid being treated in our hospitals around the country, up 30 on yesterday. Of these, 93 patients are being treated in intensive care units; an increase of 1 on yesterday’s reported figures.

Chief Clinical Officer with the Health Service Executive, Dr Colm Henry has stated that 3,500 healthcare workers are presently absent from their employment due to Covid-related illnesses.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) is meeting tomorrow to discuss boosters for healthcare workers and the wider groupings. Dr Colm Henry has confirmed that the HSE is ready to administer booster vaccines to front-line healthcare workers following their recommendations.

Minister for Health Mr Stephen Donnelly has warned that COVID-19 is not the only virus that can have a detrimental effect on the most at-risk groups in our society. As influenza and COVID-19 are caused by different viruses, it is important that people, especially those who are vulnerable, protect themselves by getting both the flu vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Minister for Education Norma Foley has confirmed that 100 additional teachers are being made available to school substitution panels, on a full-time basis; in an effort to provide emergency cover to schools if and when needed.

In Northern Ireland, a further 1,001 cases of coronavirus were reported within the last 24 hours, together with, sadly, 6 further deaths over the same time period. The total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic stands at 2,705, compared to 5,436 deaths, sadly, in the Irish Republic.

Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by
regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.

Note: Times of Pfizer dose 1 and dose 2, walk-in clinics in Co. Tipperary this weekend.

Saturday: October 30th, 2021 operating from 9:00am to 12:00pm only at Poppyfields Retail Park, Cahir Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, (E91 X0N7).

Sunday, October 31st 2021, operating from 9:00am to 5:00pm at Abbeycourt Hotel, Dublin Rd, Nenagh South, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, (E45 KA99).

At both venues, on-site parking facilities, toilets and wheelchair accessible toilets are readily available FREE.

Remember you must wait at least 21 days after your first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to get your second dose. Bring your vaccination record card with you.

Visit HSE Health Service HERE

14 Day Incidence per 100k of identified COVID-19 cases, by Local Electoral Areas, within Co. Tipperary, between October 12th, 2021 and October 25th, 2021 are shown as follows: –
Thurles – 60; Roscrea – Templemore – 66; Newport – 75; Cashel – Tipperary 80; Clonmel – 81; Carrick-On-Suir – 109; Cahir – 132; Nenagh – 209.

The Department of Health has confirmed 2,549 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours here in the Irish Republic.

There are 481 patients in hospital with the virus, down 6 over the same time reported on yesterday. Of these, 97 people are being treated in our ICUs countrywide, latter number down 2 on yesterday.

Meanwhile abroad, airports in Beijing were forced to cancel hundreds of flights as travel rules were tightened across China in an effort to tackle virus clusters as the capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics.

In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has reported another 1,321 cases of the virus, together with, sadly, 7 further deaths of patients who had previously tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.

As of this morning, there were 351 Covid-positive patients in northern hospitals, of whom 34 were in intensive care units.

NPHET continues to urge people here in the Irish Republic who have been offered a vaccine, to take it and importantly to make sure to present themselves for their second vaccine dose.

Choosing to get vaccinated is an act of protection for yourself,
as it may save your life; but it is also an act of solidarity with others; the more of us that get vaccinated, the safer we all will be.