“ I know not just for the hospitality sector in particular, but also for people who had planned the season, who are looking forward to seeing people over the New Year and that may not now be possible,” he said.
Of the new cases reported on Thursday, 150 are in Dublin, 45 in Wexford, 40 in Cork, 32 in Donegal, 29 in Limerick, with the remaining 188 cases spread across 20 other counties.The reproduction number, a measure of how many other people a case infects, now stands at between 1.1 and 1.3, according to Prof Philip Nolan, chair of the Nphet epidemiological modelling advisory group.On Thursday afternoon, there were 200 Covid-19 patients in hospital, including 31 in ICU.
He warned that all the lead indicators “are all pointing to a serious increase in cases and we’ve seen the number of personal contacts rise”.He said that “Ireland has done the best in the western world as a nation and as a body of politics in working together to drive the virus down and keep people alive.
Earlier, the head of the HSE Paul Reid urged people to protect themselves over the Christmas period, saying that would be the best present they could give to Ireland’s health system.Chief medical officer Tony Holohan on Wednesday said there were “significant and concerning indicators that this disease in moving in the wrong direction.”
On Wednesday it was announced that a further 431 new Covid-19 cases and six further coronavirus-related deaths had taken place in the State.urged people to exercise caution over the Christmas period and keep their social contacts to a minimum.But he added that he was concerned that there would be “an explosive concoction” that would have a major impact after Christmas which is peak time for demand on health services.
And terrible
Yes close all from Dec 25th December 8pm till new year
Absolutely right follow what the NI Executive are doing... Boxing Day onwards.Lets not give once a year drinkers an excuse to act the fools.
Nazi Public Hostage Executive Traitors
Ban nphet, problem solved
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No worries. When Mayo win Sam we won't want to leave
Get lost, and stop with the constant scaremongering
Look forward to the day when our spineless leaders get prosecuted for human rights violations in relation to the manufactured Covid 19 virus crisis.
It was a total joke in the first place, the amount of country reg plates in liffey valley today was mad! Where are all these Garda checkpoints? Ridiculous half arsed lock down rules that the majority of people don't adhere to!
I'm sure the government will gladly welcome this advice with open arms..