The bigger picture was “a very positive story”, he said, adding that the difficult situation with left over vaccines could have been better handled but it was not “a glaring issue.”The number of people receiving hospital treatment for Covid-19 fell on Tuesday, dropping from 2,020 patients with Covid-19 on Monday morning to 1,954 on Tuesday.
Some 2,121 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday, compared to 2,944 the previous day. Case numbers peaked on January 8th when 8,248 cases were reported. A total of 174,843 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic hitA further eight deaths related to the disease were reported on Monday, bringing the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the State to 2,616.
HSE national clinical lead for acute hospitals Dr Vida Hamilton described the situation in hospitals as “very pressurised but functioning”, with 312 Covid and non-Covid patients currently in ICU. “For the third time this month we have families across the country, who support the most vulnerable children in the State, waking up to confusion. What I think is astonishing about this back and forth between unions and the departments is we’re hearing a lot about how professionals need time to return to the classroom,” he said. “What we need today is clarity. ”
And yet average Joe might get vaccine Sept 2021 - may 2022 with AstraZeneca vaccine which is only 60% effective. Less with variants. Likely to get covid via community before then too. Starting to wonder what's point sticking rules now......
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