# pandemic

Last week

21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023

Boris Johnson reported to police over new ‘potential lockdown breaches’

The Metropolitan Police said it was ‘currently assessing’ details it had received relating to incidents between June 2020 and May 2021.

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Tue 8:01 PM

This month

May 2023

# WHO

WHO declares an end to Covid-19 global health emergency

The coronavirus outbreak killed at least seven million people worldwide – and health chiefs stressed that the pandemic is not over.

The World Health Organisation has said Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

The announcement marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns.

The WHO said that even though the emergency phase is over, the pandemic has not come to an end.

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May 5th 2023, 7:04 PM

# pandemic

Covid vaccine requirement for international travelers entering US to end 11 May

The decision comes as Covid-19 deaths in the US have declined by 95% since January 2021, the White House said.

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May 2nd 2023, 9:51 AM

Last month

April 2023

# Covid-19

Tony Holohan says media and others tried to 'oversimplify' pandemic response

Holohan said there was no “silver bullet” that could have stopped the pandemic.

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Apr 28th 2023, 6:40 PM

# Infection Control

Mater Hospital nurse up for global award on leading change in infection control after pandemic

Jincy Jerry, a nursing manager who has an autistic son, says she experiences the health service from both sides.

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Apr 21st 2023, 9:42 PM

# pandemic

Rollout of pandemic bonus has had errors but is largely complete, says Donnelly

A total of €208 million in tax-free pandemic bonus payments has been issued, the health minister said.

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Apr 19th 2023, 1:23 PM

March

March 2023

# Coronavirus

Covid-19 testing centres to close nationally, as testing no longer needed for 'vast majority'

Both PCR and antigen testing will continue to be used by doctors in hospitals and general practices

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Mar 27th 2023, 8:13 PM

Voices

Opinion: If global leaders can't agree on the origin of Covid then what hope for future crises?

As global superpowers continue their war of words over the origin of Covid, Seána Glennon says the lack of cooperation doesn’t bode well for the future.

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Mar 12th 2023, 7:30 AM

# contact tracing

Covid Tracker app expected to be 'decommissioned' by this summer

The app cost €811,227 to launch with over €100,000 spent on support and development in the six months after it launched.

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Mar 10th 2023, 6:00 AM

# Covid-19

HSE bought 10 times more ventilators than necessary, hundreds of which were unusable

The HSE spent €129 million on ventilators, buying nearly twice the number approved by the Department of Health.

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Mar 7th 2023, 3:45 PM

# Covid-19

UK ministers reportedly considered culling pet cats at start of pandemic over health fears

‘What we shouldn’t forget is how little we understood about this disease,’ a former UK Health Department deputy told Channel 4 News.

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Mar 1st 2023, 8:26 PM

This year

2023

# Vaccines

Former NPHET member says mandatory Covid vaccines should have been considered

Professor Cormican also said that the intensity of lockdown measures meant that some vulnerable people were ‘effectively abandoned for months’.

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Feb 27th 2023, 3:07 PM

# pandemic

Three years on, WHO says Covid-19 is still a global emergency

The WHO first declared a so-called public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020.

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Jan 30th 2023, 1:41 PM

# WHO

WHO panel debates Covid's emergency status and whether pandemic merits highest level of alert

The outcome will be issued early next week.

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Jan 27th 2023, 6:17 PM

# Transport

Used car prices jump by almost 70% - due to pandemic, Brexit and Ukraine - report says

In particular, used cars in the lower end of the market are becoming less affordable despite being lower in safety standards and higher in emissions.

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Jan 19th 2023, 6:00 AM

# Vaccines

Over 70% of workforce have received Covid vaccine and at least one booster, latest data shows

61% of employees have a first booster and 13% of employees in the state had a second booster.

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Jan 10th 2023, 2:59 PM

# pandemic

Covid-19 inquiry 'should not be about pointing fingers' – Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar said he hopes to have an inquiry into the handling of the pandemic up and running this year.

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Jan 2nd 2023, 8:01 AM

Last year

2022

# pandemic preparedness

Plans on how to respond to possible future pandemic are being worked on, CMO says

Professor Breda Smyth became CMO in October after Dr Tony Holohan stepped aside.

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Dec 30th 2022, 12:41 PM

# lockdown over

WHO concerned over China Covid cases but country claims no new deaths

Beijing last week admitted the scale of the outbreak has become ‘impossible’ to track

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Dec 21st 2022, 5:44 PM

# pandemic

China expands lockdowns as Covid-19 cases hit daily record

Officials in the government of Zhengzhou have declared a ‘war of annihilation’ against the virus.

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Nov 24th 2022, 9:35 AM

# G20

G20 ministers launch billion-dollar pandemic fund

The fund is viewed as one of the early global outcomes of the G20 summit next week.

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Nov 13th 2022, 9:43 AM

# ESRI

Young people argued with parents and siblings more during first year of the Covid pandemic

The ESRI findings are based on an online survey that was carried out in December 2020.

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Nov 3rd 2022, 5:23 PM

# pandemic

World Health Organisation warns Covid is still an international emergency

The WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, agreed, warning that there were still millions of cases being reported each week

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Oct 19th 2022, 7:24 PM

# mike ryan

Irish head of emergencies at WHO reveals he received death threats during pandemic

The Sligo-born doctor said that he may have post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Sep 21st 2022, 11:42 AM

Voices

Opinion: The world wants us to go back to normal after the pandemic. Maybe we need to rest instead

Artist Áine O’Hara has created the Rest Rooms, where rest is a form of resistance – here, she explains the background to the installation.

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Sep 7th 2022, 7:00 PM

# pandemic

Four in five Covid-19 deaths had at least three medical conditions involved

Diseases of the respiratory system were reported in 5,279 (or 98%) of Covid-19 deaths.

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Aug 16th 2022, 12:49 PM

# Covid-19

Penneys accounts show €72 million less revenue last year

The company’s stores opened for Christmas 2020 but closed in January and didn’t reopen until May 2021.

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Jul 27th 2022, 5:32 PM

# Coronavirus

Pair of new studies point to natural Covid origin in Wuhan animal market

Answering whether the disease transferred naturally from animals, or was due to a lab accident, is considered vital to averting the next pandemic.

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Jul 27th 2022, 8:04 AM

# pandemic

Current Covid wave has peaked but hospital capacity remains under pressure, says CMO

46 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the first 19 days of this month.

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Jul 26th 2022, 3:56 PM

# increase

Almost one in ten people struggled with food poverty in 2021, according to government

Approximately 8.9% of Irish people experience food poverty according to a government survey, around 445,000 people.

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Jul 18th 2022, 1:34 PM

# British Medical Journal

World Health Organization advises against use of two drugs for non-severe Covid-19

Fluvoxamine and colchicine received considerable interest during the pandemic.

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Jul 14th 2022, 6:15 AM

# Covid-19

World Bank approves billion dollar fund for developing countries to fight future pandemics

The fund was developed under the leadership of the United States, Italy and Indonesia.

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Jul 1st 2022, 10:27 AM

# covid19

Official Covid case numbers 'just the tip of the iceberg' as subvariants lead to summer surge

Last week there was a more than 50% jump in reported case numbers.

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Jun 25th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Ombudsman

Majority of complaints about Covid-19 news articles linked to anonymous Facebook group

More than 500 complaints in total were made last year – 200 of those related to coverage of the pandemic.

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Jun 21st 2022, 6:15 AM

# Mental Health

Levels of depression almost doubled among young people during the pandemic

Widespread mental health issues, particularly among young women are of ‘significant concern’.

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Jun 20th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Health in Ireland

'I’ve never seen morale so broken': What one change do healthcare workers want to improve the system?

We asked health workers and others familiar with the sector what they want to see happen to improve healthcare in Ireland.

The Irish healthcare system is frequently hit with criticism and suggestions for how it can be improved.

Progress on the overhaul of the system is continuing but has been slow.

We asked workers and those familiar with the sector what one change they would like to see put into place.

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May 27th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Davos

Billionaires’ wealth rose more during Covid-19 pandemic than in 23 years combined

A new billionaire was created every 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam.

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May 23rd 2022, 8:02 AM

# Covid-19

Two cases of new Covid-19 variant of concern confirmed in Ireland

Earlier this month, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control classified two sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 as variants of concern.

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May 22nd 2022, 5:37 PM