GLOBALLY, THERE HAVE now been more than 80,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease Covid-19.
In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases – such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome . The World Health Organisation was worried that using the virus name would cause unnecessary fear for some populations, particularly in Asia because of the 2003 SARS outbreak. So you’ll hear experts calling it Covid-19 or the Covid-19 virus.Symptoms of Covid-19 include:
“From a severity perspective, based on the cases that have been reported to date, it seems that the case fatality rate for the novel coronavirus is greater than that of seasonal influenza,” he explained. Croatia said people returning from Italy will be questioned by border police and sanitary inspectors.
“Let’s pretend we decided in Ireland [that] we weren’t going to accept flights from Italy. That wouldn’t work because Italian people could be flying to France and France on to Ireland,” said Harris. This is so you do not accidentally put other people at risk. Your GP or doctor will tell you over the phone what to do next.De Gascun said only people who have returned from an affected area within the last 14 days and who develop symptoms need to self-isolate.
It follows an announcement from Health Minister Simon Harris yesterday that the government would recommend postponing the match due to the spread of Covid-19. Related Read 26.02.20 Covid-19: Department of Foreign Affairs urges people not to travel to 11 Italian 'red zones' Looking ahead as to whether or not the St Patrick’s Day parades due to take place in Dublin and elsewhere should be cancelled, it’s essentially too early to make a decision.
The incubation period of Covid-19 is currently considered to be 14 days. Holohan noted that as the rugby match was due to happen in less than two weeks, “we’re within one incubation period from that, that’s less than 14 days away”.
roinnslainte Yes bat it away with a leaflet! Ineptitude from the Dept. Cutting their cloth to measure their resources.Basic infection control being ignored and using the excuse that they don't want to cause panic!
parsed - we can't be bothered.
Inefficient? Our government dont care, when the bodies start piling up you know who to blame
Let's face it. They just can't be bothered. They don't have the man power and the capability
' they've said they've been at it ten years and it's a very difficult one to break' ?
hpscireland HSELive. home from infected region in Italy 13 days later 2 got the “flu”. Same time person from that area died . Have contacted HSE twice to be told I have a cold because I wasn’t in China . Were ignored . testus superspreaders COVIDー19
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