Health « Thurles Information

HSE, Gardaí & Tipp. Co. Co Make Special Appeal

According to the HSE, the Gárdaí and the Local Authority, positive action and changes to behaviour remain essential to ensuring that hospital and community healthcare services locally are enabled to deal with demands, that the optimum levels of living safely alongside the threat of the virus are sustained and that Co. Tipperary stays at Level 2 of the public restrictions in place in Ireland.

The Chair of the South East Regional Steering Group for Major Emergency Management (comprising the three principal response agencies: An Garda Siochana, the HSE and the Local Authorities) and Chief Officer of HSE/South East Community Healthcare Kate Killeen White, joined by Specialist in Public Health Medicine and Director of the HSE’s South East Public Health Dept. Dr Carmel Mullaney and the General Manager of South Tipperary General Hospital Maria Barry are reminding the public to:

Wash your hands well and often
Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing
Limit contact with others and maintain physical distancing.
Wear a face mask or covering where appropriate.

When such actions are taken, the HSE says, doing so not only prevents the transmission of the virus, but also protects older and vulnerable people and healthcare workers.

The Chair of Tipperary County Council Cllr. Michael Smith and the Chief Executive Joe McGrath are also urging people not to allow everyone’s hard work to date in 2020 to be undermined and are re-iterating that individual actions do matter and that if those in Co. Tipperary live by the advice being given, that schools can be kept open and other points reached on Ireland’s roadmap to recovery be maintained.

The Gárda Chief Superintendent in Tipperary Derek Smart points to what has been evident to date in 2020: the country moving from a short-term emergency response approach to a medium-term one, to manage risk and repair the damage that COVID-19 has inflicted on society. Chief Superintendent Smart concludes the joint message by reminding everyone that we are at a critical point in tackling the spread of COVID-19 and people in Tipperary must take personal responsibility to avoid situations that are a risk to themselves, their family and their friends.

Covid-19 Update: Fri. 2nd Oct. 2020 – 1 Death – 470 New Cases

Seven new cases of killer COVID-19 virus confirmed in Tipperary.

This evening, figures from the Department of Health confirm that there have been sadly 1 death caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll here in the Republic of Ireland remaining at 1,801.

However, there are 470 new additional cases reported today, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 37,063. [ Both of the latter figures include the denotification of six deaths and four cases.]

Of this evening’s confirmed cases; 7 are in Tipperary; 198 in Dublin; 61 in Cork; 36 in Donegal; 19 each in Kildare and Limerick; 12 in Kerry; 11 each in Galway and Meath; 10 in Roscommon; 9 each in Cavan, Clare, Kilkenny, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath, 8 in Louth, 7 in Wexford, with the remaining 17 cases located in seven other counties.

There has been a massive rise in confirmed coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours, with 934 tests confirmed. One further death there has also been recorded, with their death toll now standing at 582. The infection rate in Derry City and Strabane has soared to 422.8 per 100,000 of the population.

The rate of infection, here in the republic, is now 94 cases per 100,000 with the five-day average remaining over 400 new confirmed cases per day. Same is identified by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) as extremely concerning.

Please do make a special effort to stay safe by reducing social contacts; avoiding crowds;
physically distancing; while wearing face coverings and washing your hands regularly.

Advice From National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss

Community Resource Officer, Ms Sarah Tynan, contacted us this morning from Chime, [National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss].

Ms Tynan reports :-

“We know people are missing our monthly outreach clinics, due to the present COVID-19 virus pandemic.
However if you require tubing, batteries or support, do please contact me; Sarah Tynan on Tel: 061-467494 or 086 0653042.
You can also email me at: sarah.tynan@chime.ie. Stay Safe.“

Covid-19 Update: Thur. 1st OCT. 2020 – 4 Deaths – 442 New Cases

10 new cases of killer COVID-19 virus confirmed in Tipperary.

This evening, figures from the Department of Health confirm that there have been sadly 4 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll here in the Republic of Ireland remaining at 1,806.

However, there are 442 new additional cases reported today, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 36,597; highest number since April 1st.

Of this evenings confirmed cases; 10 are in Tipperary; 170 are in Dublin; 47 in Cork; 28 in Donegal; 23 in Meath; 21 in Galway; 20 in Monaghan; 14 in Clare; 12 in Roscommon; 11 each in Laois and Longford; 10 each in Cavan and Limerick; 9 in Kildare;, 8 in Wicklow; 5 each in Louth and Wexford; with the remaining 28 cases located in nine other counties.

There have been 259 new cases of Covid-19 virus confirmed in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections there to 11,952.

The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has recommended that a maximum of six people from a single household should be allowed visit another home nationwide. This rule currently applies in Dublin and Donegal, which are on Level 3 restrictions. However, up until now six people from three households could visit another home in other counties, currently at Level 2.

The Department of Health has confirmed that Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan will return to work next Monday, 5 October. Dr. Holohan, you will remember, took temporary leave in July to give his full energy and attention to his wife Emer, latter who has a form of blood cancer. A very able Dr. Ronan Glynn has been Acting Chief Medical Officer since Dr. Holohan was forced to temporally stepped aside.

Please do make a special effort to stay safe by reducing social contacts; avoiding crowds;
physically distancing; while wearing face coverings and washing your hands regularly.

Covid-19 Update: Wed. 30th Sept. 2020 – 1 Death – 429 New Cases

This evening, figures from the Department of Health confirm that there have been sadly one death caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll here in the Republic of Ireland remaining at 1,804.

However, there are 429 new additional cases reported today, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 36,155.

Of this evenings confirmed cases, 189 cases were in Dublin; 60 in Cork; 31 in Donegal; 28 in Galway; 18 in Kildare; 15 in Clare; 12 in Limerick; 9 in Meath; 8 in Louth; seven each in Cavan and Longford, 6 in Laois, 5 each in Offaly and Westmeath; with the remaining 14 cases located in eight counties.

There are now 130 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in our hospitals, with 15 new admissions in the last 24 hours. There are 20 patients in ICU.

There have been 424 new cases of Covid-19 virus confirmed in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours.

Please do make a special effort to stay safe by reducing social contacts; avoiding crowds;
physically distancing; while wearing face coverings and washing your hands regularly.