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There have been 13,765 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health, here in the Irish Republic in the past 24 hours. Same recorded figures today represents the highest ever total number of cases confirmed in one day, overtaking the previous 11,182 cases announced just yesterday.
There are 378 patients with Covid-19 in our hospitals around the country, of whom 87 are being treated in intensive care units, down 2 on yesterday.
No figures for northern Ireland are presently available at time of going to press.
Health Service Executive has said Covid-19 vaccination clinics around the country will remain closed for Christmas Day and St Stephen’s Day. Vaccinators will resume vaccinating the over-40s, healthcare workers and people with underlying conditions, on Monday, December 27th next.
Meanwhile, a government panel of experts in Israel has recommended a fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine for all people aged over 60 and healthcare workers.
In Australia researchers are conducting a trial to see whether squirting an anticoagulant (blood thinner) into the nose could offer protection against Covid. This nasal spray uses the cheap drug heparin in an attempt to neutralise Covid’s spike protein. When sprayed into the nose of a Covid-infected person it appears to make them non-infectious, the researchers have stated.
European leaders are reinstating coronavirus restrictions, as the Omicron virus variant continues to spread across the continent. Germany and Portugal are among nations announcing post-Christmas curbs and greater social distancing measures. Omicron is now the dominant version in many European countries.
Time to cancel now and celebrate later, rather than celebrate now and grieve later.
A further 11,182 cases of coronavirus were reported in the Republic of Ireland in the past 24 hours, up from 7,411 reported yesterday.
The latter confirmed figures represent the highest number of cases reported on any one day, since the pandemic began and overtakes the previous figure of 8,248 reported on January 8th last.
There are 393 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals around the country, a rise of 3 above yesterday. There are 89 of these patients being treated in intensive care units, a decline of 9 from yesterday and the lowest number since November 9 last.
The total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland since the start of the pandemic stands at 5,890.
Ireland now has the second highest uptake rate in the European Union for booster and third dose vaccination.
On January 10th, 2022 all other adults aged 16 to 29 will be able to avail of a booster vaccine, as well vaccines for children aged 5 to 11.
Another 3,286 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Northern Ireland today, up from 3,227 cases reported yesterday.
Here also, today’s figures represent the highest number of daily cases reported in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic.
On Friday, there were 256 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals, up from 254 yesterday.
There are 34 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospital intensive care units, the same number as reported yesterday.
However, sadly, 3 more Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing their total number of deaths to 2,962.
Please stay safe and continue to take all measures necessary to ensure a safe and happy Christmas in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health has reported 7,411 new cases of Covid-19, in the past 24 hours here in the Irish Republic.
This morning there were 390 people with Covid-19 in the Republic’s hospitals, down 39 on the number reported yesterday, same being the lowest figure since October 10th last.
As of this morning also, there were 98 people being treated in ICUs, down 2 on the same time yesterday morning.
A further 3,227 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland today, down slightly from 3,231 cases yesterday.
There were 254 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals today, down from 261 yesterday. There remain 34 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospital intensive care units, the same number as reported yesterday.
In the United kingdom, Lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases numbering 119,789 have been recorded this morning, confirming a new record for daily reported cases. Sadly, within the UK there have now been 173,000 deaths registered in the UK, where Covid-19 was noted on death certificates.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised Merck & Co’s antiviral oral pill molnupiravir, developed with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, for mild-to-moderate Covid-19, after giving the go-ahead to a similar treatment from Pfizer Inc. yesterday.
Expressing his warm approval and admiration of our healthcare staff involved in the current vaccination roll-out here to date, in the Irish Republic; An Taoiseach Mr Micheál Martin has stated that 49.9% of the adult population [37.4% of the total population], here in Ireland have now received a booster or third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Please continue to take all measures necessary to ensure a safe and happy Christmas in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health has confirmed 6,307 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours here in the Irish Republic.
There are 429 people in hospital who have tested positive for the virus; down 14 since yesterday and of these, 100 are in ICUs across the country, a reduction of 2, also based on yesterday’s figures.
There has been a total of 5,890 coronavirus-related deaths notified in the Irish Republic since the pandemic began and this latter number includes 55 deaths newly notified within the past 7 days.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said Ireland is facing a very significant surge of Covid-19 infection, with a rapid rise in the infection rate among those aged from 16 to 34.
He said that one in six young people have yet to come forward for any vaccine and he urged them to do so.
Dr Holohan is asking people to limit social contact as much as possible in the coming week.
Primary school children now represent 14.3% of all recorded cases, compared to 19.5% of cases a week earlier.
Figures provided by the HSE show that vaccines started this week in paediatric hospitals. The portal will open, on December 28th for high-risk children, with remaining high-risk children being vaccinated from the week of January 3rd, in vaccination centres with dedicated clinics.
Vaccinations for all other 5 to 11 years old young people will commence on January 10th, 2022.
A total of 7,470,266 vaccines for Covid-19 (excluding boosters) has been administered in the Republic of Ireland as of Monday last, while a total of 1,635,920 booster jabs had been administered as of the same date.
Another 3,231 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Northern Ireland today, up from 2,096 cases on yesterday. This represents the highest number of daily cases reported in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic.
Today, there were 261 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals, down from 268 on yesterday. There are 34 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospital intensive care units, the same number as reported yesterday.
Sadly, 3 more Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today.
Please continue to take all measures necessary to ensure a safe and happy Christmas in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health has confirmed 5,279 new cases of the Covid-19 virus, in the past 24 hours, here in the Irish Republic.
There remain 443 people in hospital, who have tested positive for the virus; down 24 since yesterday, and of these 102 are in our ICUs, a reduction of 2 cases.
Here in Co. Tipperary 117 cases have been confirmed in the 14 days to December 18th last, while nationally since the pandemic began; of 661,388 confirmed cases, 5, 835 deaths have now been recorded.
Dr Kingston Mills (Trinity College Dublin Professor of Experimental Immunology), has stated that booster vaccination, need to be administered more quickly, as two doses of any Covid-19 vaccine gives little or no protection, (especially the AstraZeneca vaccine), against the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
Professor Mills suggests that in South Africa, where the variant first emerged, Omicron variant is likely a more moderate strain than the Delta variant. However, this evidence has been somewhat skewed by the fact that a huge proportion of the population of South Africa had already been infected with the Delta variant; prior to the rise of Omicron, thus creating amongst South Africans, a level of natural immunity.
An Tánaiste Mr Leo Varadkar has announced enhanced business support schemes for the hospitality and arts sectors, latter hit by the latest lock-down restrictions.
They will include the reopening the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme to new applicants and a relaxation of the turnover reduction figure for the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme, to 40%. The measures are seen as better than the support provided to those sectors when Ireland was in a full Level 5 lockdown.
Another 2,096 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Northern Ireland also today; down from 2,148 cases on yesterday.
As of today, the number of positive cases confirmed in the north over the past seven days was 14,876.
Today, there remained 268 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals in Northern Ireland, down from 276 on yesterday. There are 34 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospital intensive care units, the same number as reported yesterday.
Sadly, 3 more Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today. The total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the north since the start of the pandemic is 2,955.
While Christmas cross-border trade from our Republic, stays healthy in Newry, latter divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down; we learn that there are now 2,349 confirmed cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant present in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Health Minister Mr Robin Swann has stated today that up to two thirds of Covid-19 patients in Northern hospitals, aged under-50, are sadly unvaccinated.
Please, please do take all measures necessary to ensure a safe and happy Christmas in Co. Tipperary.
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