Harris says 20km rule important to avoid virus being brought into less affected areas

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Simon Harris cautions against spreading virus to less affected areas by scrapping 20km guidelines

Image: Christina Finn Image: Christina Finn THE NUMBER OF confirmed cases of Covid-19 in intensive care units around the country has fallen to 36, according to the latest figures.

The National Public Health Emergency Team is due to meet tomorrow and will make a recommendation to government thereafter. He said there is a “healthy debate” ongoing about the pace of the plan, but said he would prefer to move slower than too fast and then have to reverse some of the measures.Related Read 29.05.20 2m v 1m: Why is the physical distancing advice different around the world and how should Ireland proceed?

Last week, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he saw no scientific basis or justification for the 5km and 20km travel restrictions.

 

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I don't give a shite what SimonHarrisTD or CMOIreland says, if any protest goes ahead without the guards kicking 7 colours of shite out of them I'm going anywhere I fuking like next week.

When you look at the R number SimonHarrisTD do you look at the “R” number in clusters (care homes, meat plants) vs general community? Bec surely they must be quite different.

But ok to fly into the country from locations with infection rates far higher than here .. c'mon!

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26.1 % that's our unemployment rate!! Open our country

Obviously he means Dublin ones because in September tourist season finished for most of country.Blinkers on SimonHarrisTD again. endlockdownireland

It's really hard to be taking health advise from someone who's a complete idiot

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Poll: Will being able to travel 20km significantly impact your life under Covid-19?All going to plan, Ireland will enter Phase Two of re-opening next Monday 8 June. No I live out in the country anyway, are we to be thankful we won't be harassed by gardai, get a grip, open up our country properly and be done with this rubbish 'All going to plan' the fact of the matter is they have no plan, the plan was to get the rate of transmission below R1, that happened about 6 weeks ago and has stayed well below 1, they then change the goalposts and at this stage nobody knows where the goalposts lie 20 km will allow me to find a place where I can walk and maintain real social distance.
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Simon Harris: 'Racism disgusts me, but protests that don't support social distancing are not possible'The Heallth Minister said he understood the motivations of protesters and “would have been there with people in normal times”. So what did the Gardai so about it ? CharlieFlanagan The gardai were there and done nothing, so what are you going to do about it the garda knew this was happening they must off, but were afaid of back lash if they broke it up
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