Today's cases involve 271 men and 254 women. 74% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 31 years old.
The average 7-day incidence rate per 100,000 for Northern Ireland is 63.7. The highest rate is Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon council on 74.9, the lowest is Fermanagh & Omagh on 36.8.The Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid said vaccinations of those people considered high risk because of serious illness will start in the middle of this week.
Mr Reid also acknowledged that the vaccine programme it is operating with GPs has had some issues last week and the HSE is anxious to address the problems.We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.
Mr Reid also said there had been a "minor number" of Covid-19 cases reported in schools since some classes returned last week. The HSE is "really thrilled" that children are back in school and that the first week back has "gone quite well," he commented.The Bill providing for the mandatory quarantine of people entering the State from certain areas to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has been signed into law.
It is also expected that they will be involved in getting the hotels ready through their expert knowledge of logistics and experience of quickly setting up camps. While almost a quarter of a million doses have been administered to nursing home residents and over 70s in recent weeks, many of those being treated in acute hospitals have yet to receive their vaccines.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, she said it would be for the benefit of not just the Republic of Ireland but Northern Ireland also if there was a vaccine programme moving at a "faster" pace. She said it will involve mean taking advice from Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, who she said has made it clear that if a lot of people are coming to Northern Ireland who are not vaccinated it "could have an impact on the efficacy" of the vaccine on those who have received it.
It's April soon, we'll be vaccinating 1 million a month then..... be grand
It's mad how many people don't know the difference between 'with' and 'from'.
with that picture i was expecring RTE to report on sweden and austrie have stop vaccination with the astra zenica vaccine after opening inquiry into serious side effects and deathe shortly after receiving this vaccine S Africa has stop using it altogether
Level zero now
525 cases of beer 🍻
Figures have plateaued let me guess the protests ? The flights in ? The students ? The variants ? The sun? Breathing ? The cold?
It's way past the time to get the show back on the road. The vaccines are here, so dish them out quickly, the country is closed long enough. It's time NPHET stopped this Maths-Class every evening, all they need to do is tell people, we're making progress each day, less off bull.
How many vaccinations ?
Today I ventured outside the concentration camps 5k limit to Howth, 100s out enjoying the sun, having beers outside and enjoying life like it should be. Gestapo had roadblocks but no one gave 2 fuks. Was great day and life is good.
Its a known fact that travel into the country by foreign workers on a weekly revolving door has to have an affect on cases .
Wonder how much virus Coveney brings back undetected no restrictions no quarantine
Morons misbehaving again resulting in high cases They seriously need jail time now.
people really don’t care anymore
Bollox to covid and this news
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