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There have been 1,378 new cases of Covid-19 Confirmed by the Department of Health in the Irish Republic today. There are 96 people in hospital who have tested positive for coronavirus and of these, 22 are in ICU’s.
The Cabinet has agreed that indoor service in bars and restaurants can resume on Monday July 26th next, for those only who are fully vaccinated or have already recovered from Covid-19. Irish President Mr Michael D. Higgins earlier signed the new legislation regarding same, into law.
Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, a further 1,973 cases of Covid-19 were reported today. Sadly, here also 2 further deaths have been notified of patients who had previously tested positive for the virus.
In total there are now 3,351 cases of the virus on the whole island of Ireland, an increase of 1,103 cases within the past 24 hours.
Ireland remains in a very precarious position in the fight against Covid-19 and the medical profession are urging people to stay vigilant in the coming weeks, as relaxation measures are being slowly eased and as the Delta strain remains particularly high among young people.
The Delta varient is now spreading and how it will affects you depends on whether your body has been prepared by current vaccines, to enable you to fight it.
Please, Please Do Take Care For A While Longer.
The Department of Health has confirmed a further 1,110 cases of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic. They also confirm that there are 89 patients in hospital, with 21 of these in ICUs.
Same amounts to almost 7,700 cases of Covid-19 reported in the Republic within the past seven days, an increase of 88% on the previous 7 days.
One in five of Covid positive people being admitted into our hospitals are vaccinated.
A further 1,138 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Northern Ireland today, with, sadly, 1 further death of a patient previously having tested positive for the virus.
In total there are now 2,248 cases of the virus on the whole island of Ireland.
Meanwhile, here in the Irish Republic, the Irish Pharmacy Union are calling on the Health Service Executive to supply Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to all pharmacists, to allow Covid-19 vaccinations to further continue without interruption, as supplies of the Janssen vaccine begins to slow down.
Persons aged between 18-24 are again reminded to register for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, which opened since yesterday. [Tel:1800 700 700 or register online through the HSE Vaccine Portal].
Do Stay Safe.
The Northern Ireland Department of Health has confirmed that within the past 24 hours, 1,776 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported. Sadly one further death has also been reported. Today’s confirmation of new cases is more than three times the number reported on the same day last week.
Here in the Republic of Ireland the Department of Health has confirmed 1,071 new cases of Covid-19. The number of virus patients currently in our hospitals has now risen to 101, as at 8:00am today. The number of people in intensive care units (ICUs) has dropped slightly to 20, with the 14-day incidence rate at its highest since last February 24th.
In total there are now 2,847 cases of the virus on the whole island of Ireland.
Figures from the Government’s Covid data hub, published yesterday, showed that over 5.1 million vaccine doses have been administered in Ireland, including 2.9 million first doses and 2.3 million second doses.
Persons aged between 18-24 are being invited to register for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from today. Tel:1800 700 700 or register online through the HSE Vaccine Portal.
It is with anger that we learn, that two of Ireland’s most senior public health officials, namely Chief medical officer Dr. Tony Holohan and his deputy Dr. Ronan Glynn, have each received abusive phone calls, which members of the present Irish government has described as “sickening” and “appalling”.
Both prominent and important public figures in Ireland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic were reportedly targeted on Friday night last.
Separately, Mr Fergal Bowers, latter a healthcare journalist with the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ, had released a recording of a strange menacing call from a female sounding voice; (Do Listen Here), which he received in the early hours of Saturday morning last, following which he stated he was alerting the relevant authorities.
Irish Gardaí are understood to now be investigating all phone calls, with a spokesperson stating “a number of reports of menacing phone calls have been reported, and these matters will be fully investigated”.
The calls to Dr. Holohan and Dr. Glynn have been correctly, strongly condemned by Ireland’s Health Minister Mr Stephen Donnelly and his predecessor Mr Simon Harris.
Mr Donnelly has tweeted; “It is absolutely appalling that public health doctors advising Government would be targeted with abuse for doing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic. They have worked relentlessly throughout Covid and have difficult jobs to do. They deserve our respect and support.”
His cabinet college Mr Simon Harris, latter who worked closely with the public health team from the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, tweeted; “Our public health officials have been working around the clock for well over a year now to keep us safe & provide us with the best possible expert advice. Sickened to hear of abusive calls being directed at them & their families”.
Five people have been rescued from a boat which caught fire on Lough Derg, this afternoon.
On arrival at the scene, search & rescue personnel established that all five persons on board had been previously evacuated safely on board other private vessels in the area and had been transported to safety to Portumna, where they were met by ambulance paramedics and Coast Guard personnel.
All those rescued, thankfully, were found to be unharmed and not in need of any medical attention.
It had been confirmed that there were gas cylinders on board the boat, resulting in a radio message being issued to rescue crews at the scene.
After the blaze was brought successfully under control, the badly damaged craft was eventually towed from its navigation channel into shallow waters at Carrigahorig, Co. Tipperary, [latter located 7 km (4.3 mls) east of Portumna], before the rescue operation was eventually stood down.
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