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Covid-19 Update: Sat. 13th March 2021 – 16 Deaths – 543 New Cases

12 New Killer Covid-19 cases confirmed in Tipperary.

Only YOU and YOU alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health has confirmed that there has been 16 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,534.

There have been 543 new additional virus cases reported here within the Irish Republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 226,358.

Of the cases today; 235 are in Dublin, 50 in Kildare, 39 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 28 in Galway, with the remaining 160 cases located across 20 other counties.

Some 184 cases have been confirmed in Co. Tipperary in the last 14 days, up to midnight last night.

There are 340 people with Covid-19 in hospital today, and of that number, 85 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

While An Taoiseach Mr Micheál Martin has expressed frustration at the failure of AstraZeneca to meet vaccine deliveries; the vaccination roll out will continue this weekend targeting medically vulnerable people, who will be visited by community vaccination teams.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has informed General practitioners (GPs) that first dose allocations for patients in the 75 to 79 year age group will be limited as of next week.

Some 409,662 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to March 10th, with 160,729 persons having received their second dose.

Italy, who are facing a new wave of coronavirus infections, having recorded almost 26,000 new Covid-19 cases and another 373 deaths, are now preparing to tighten restrictions across most of the country. The total worldwide number of virus cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at almost 119.21 million confirmed, with global deaths at well over 2.64 million.

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Thurles Humour

A woman and a baby were seated in the doctors surgery here in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Both were waiting for the male doctor to arrive in, for the baby’s first 6 weeks examination.

When the doctor arrived, he began immediately to examine the baby. However, on checking the baby’s weight he became rather concerned and enquired if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.

“Oh, Breast-fed”, the woman stated assuredly.

On informing her of his concerns he asked, “Perhaps you might strip down to your waist for me please”, said the doctor.

The woman quickly complied with his request.

The physician, first took her blood pressure, before gently squeezed both of her nipples, and then pressing and kneaded both of her ample breasts, briefly, in his efforts to give his now patient, a most professional and detailed examination.

Then motioning to her to get dressed again, the doctor stated “I fully understand why your baby is so under-weight; you don’t have any breast milk”.

“I fully agree with your diagnosis doctor”, said the woman, “but what has these facts got to do with the weight of the baby, I’m the baby’s grandmother.”

Covid-19 Update: Fri. 12th March 2021 – 10 Deaths – 646 New Cases

Seven New Killer Covid-19 cases confirmed in Tipperary.

Only YOU and YOU alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health has confirmed that there has been 10 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,518.

There have been 646 new additional virus cases reported here within the Irish Republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 225,820.

Of the cases today; 243 are in Dublin, 80 in Kildare, 45 in Meath, 35 in Galway, 34 in Offaly, with the remaining 209 cases located across 20 other counties.

Some 184 confirmed cases have been confirmed in Co. Tipperary in the last 14 days, up to midnight last night.

There are 344 people with Covid-19 in hospital today, and of that number, 87 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

Some 396,089 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to March 8th, with 157,072 persons having received their second dose.

The total worldwide number of virus cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 118.42 million confirmed, with global deaths at well over 2.63 million.

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Motorway Speed Safety An Issue On Tipperary’s M7.

Motorway speed safety cameras have been installed on the M7 in Co. Tipperary since Monday last.

The decision to execute this plan was jointly decided by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), the Roads Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána.

This safety camera system was installed between Junction 26 – Nenagh (West) and Junction 27 – Birdhill, covering traffic flow in both directions. Same will be Ireland’s first mainline motorway-based system since an identical system became operational with great success in the Dublin City Tunnel back in mid-2017.

The location identified for the installation on the M7 in Co. Tipperary, has been in the past the subject of frequent micro-climate events, with mostly large ice particles falling in the form of hail, thus resulting in an increased collision frequency in this particular area of the county.

We understand that the objective of this installation is to secure compliance, not prosecutions. However, with current speeds on the M7 regarded as totally unacceptable, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) state that such speeding is typical of driver behaviour on low traffic volume sections of our Irish motorway network, throughout Ireland.

Covid-19 Update: Thur. 11th March 2021 – 10 Deaths – 592 New Cases

Only YOU and YOU alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health has confirmed that there has been 10 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,509.

There have been 592 new additional virus cases reported here within the Irish Republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 225,179.

Of the cases today; 253 are in Dublin, 52 in Kildare, 35 in Donegal, 33 in Meath, 28 in Galway, with the remaining 191 cases located across all other counties.

There have been 5,072 cases in total of the virus identified within Tipperary relevant up to midnight on March 9th last.

There are 359 people with Covid-19 in hospital today, and of that number, 87 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

Some 382,528 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to March 8th, with 154,089 persons having received their second dose.

The total worldwide number of virus cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 118.31 million confirmed, with global deaths at well over 2.63 million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.