In a Tweet posted on Saturday morning, Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid said that 50 patients with the virus are in intensive care units, and warned that"we have likely not seen the worst impacts" of the most recent Covid wave yet.
Reid continued:"But everything we do today to stop this virus spreading makes a huge difference. Please let's all play our part to protect our health service." Meanwhile, Professor Philip Nolan said that positive tests, cases and hospitalisations are now doubling every 7-10 days. He said:"We can stop this, but it's essential that each and every one of us plays our part to turn the tide. Stay home."
Recent information suggests that the new Covid strain that was initially found in England is now in Ireland, but that it is definitely"not responsible" for the recent"significant and concerning increase" in case numbers.As a random, albeit small, selection of cases primarily from the community, these data would suggest that the
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