‘A toxic scandal’: Ireland becomes a test case on how NOT to battle COVID-19

That appears to be the message from some senior government figures in Ireland who have told the public not to congregate in crowds, especially indoors, and to avoid traveling abroad for purposes other than emergencies or essential work reasons.

The event took place just one day after the government issued stricter guidance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, capping outdoor private gatherings at 15 people and limiting indoor events to six people, unless an exemption was granted by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. After he issued his resignation, Calleary told Irish radio on Friday a more fulsome mea culpa: “Specifically in my letter of resignation I acknowledged front line workers and their families and public-health workers, the damage I’ve done to their work, unintentionally.”

“You can’t please anybody and keep a pandemic at bay,” Burke added. “There’s a movement in the medical community called “Zero COVID” and they are calling for a lockdown, but that won’t be popular. A good government will make unpopular decisions for the greater good of society.” “ Ireland’s coronavirus response has been compared to another island on the other side of the world with a similar-sized population — New Zealand — but for all the wrong reasons. ”

Ireland shares a land border with another country — the U.K. province of Northern Ireland — and people from the north are not required to quarantine for 14 days if they cross into the Republic. “We need to have a robust screening plan at the airports and our borders which include selective coronavirus testing,” he added. “We need to collectively work out an Irish plan that permits us to safely move forward. Our medical and economic health are interdependent.”Ireland’s tourism chief took vacation to Italy It’s not the first COVID-related political embarrassment here.

Jack McDermot, a Dublin-based marketing and strategy consultant, said clear communication is critical in such an uncertain time. “Done well from the top, it instills confidence and solidarity in the population,” he said. “Executed badly, it leads to confusion, anger and resentment.” Ireland has recorded one of the highest rates of COVID-related nursing-home deaths in the world. Some 62% of fatalities from the virus occurred in nursing homes, a rate exceeded only by Canada, leading doctors to call on the government for earlier and stricter social-distancing guidelines.

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