HSE update on Covid, flu and RSV and where 'tripledemic' currently stands

The flu wave “seems to have peaked” but the number of cases will remain high for the coming weeks, TDs and Senators have been told.

The HSE and the Government have stated that high incidence levels of COVID-19, flu and RSV - which some have dubbed a 'tripledemic' - has led to increasing pressure on emergency departments.He said: “[Influenza is] kind of giving indications that it has peaked. It'll spend a number of weeks high before it starts going down fully. It'll still be high for a number of weeks.Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer at HSE also said that flu seasons can last into April.

During the meeting, Mr Mulvany was asked by Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway to confirm whether people had died due to the overcrowding in emergency departments.Mr Mulvany said: “I think that that's a risk. I can’t give you certainty on that because I don't have certainty on that. "What could you say to anyone whose loved ones are caught up in it? What else could you say other than it's just completely unacceptable, but our words are going to be meaningless to anyone in that situation, in fairness," he added.

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