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Dr Colm Henry: There was a 10-fold increase in people sick with Covid from start of December to January
3% of the population have been vaccinated, as Covid hospitalisations continue to fall
Donnelly says vaccine timeframe is 'realistic' as 217 people with Covid-19 in ICUs
There are 1,823 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and 216 people in ICU
Private hospitals to treat urgent non-Covid patients, as HSE braces for further rise in hospitalisations
Number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 rises to 1,285