# spread

Last year

2022

# 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

# Outbreak

Spain reports second monkeypox-linked death

It is not confirmed if the deaths were actually caused by monkeypox, with autopsies still ongoing.

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Jul 30th 2022, 3:08 PM

All time

# spread

'Misleading' data on outdoors transmission does not reflect all cases associated with outside activities

Behaviours linked to outdoor activities, such as travelling to a match, are not included in figures that have been released, the HSE’s chief clinical officer has said

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Apr 6th 2021, 2:52 PM

# spread

Teachers to seek 'assurances' on safety of schools before any return to classrooms

A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains.

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Jan 24th 2021, 3:58 PM

# spread

Five Red Star players positive for Covid-19 after Belgrade derby in front of 16,000 fans

Neighbouring Montenegro is blaming a rise in cases on the return of fans from matches in Serbia.

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Jun 22nd 2020, 12:24 PM

# community transmission

Dr Tony Holohan: 'We have effectively extinguished the virus from the community'

Community transmission is ‘very, very low’ says the chief medical officer.

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May 19th 2020, 3:40 PM

# Coronavirus

Schools in Wicklow and Dublin taking precautions after return of students from Italy ski trips

Schools are being constantly updated by the HSE regarding the outbreak.

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Feb 25th 2020, 4:43 PM

# Coronavirus

Irish pharmacies running out of face masks after news of coronavirus outbreak in China

There have not been any confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland, or in the UK.

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Jan 28th 2020, 6:15 AM

# gimme

This new Twix chocolate spread looks absolutely delicious

Our toast will never be the same.

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Mar 16th 2016, 12:08 PM

# spread the news

Tesco is actually selling jars of Custard Cream spread

Custard Cream filling. To spread on toast.

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Oct 30th 2014, 9:05 PM

# EBOLA

The Mater Hospital held a practice run for a potential isolation unit admission

Britain held a similar simulation to assess how prepared services were for a possible Ebola outbreak.

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Oct 29th 2014, 10:40 PM

# Risk

Ebola could be the 'humanitarian disaster of our generation'

That’s according to Oxfam, which works in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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Oct 18th 2014, 7:17 PM

# spread

Here are the countries where Ebola is most likely to show up next

Researchers calculated which countries are most at risk for imported cases of Ebola.

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Oct 15th 2014, 8:15 AM

# Stop the Spread

'Worst Ebola epidemic in history': Medical experts say new treatments need to be fast-tracked

Health professionals say randomised controlled trials are unethical and impractical.

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Oct 10th 2014, 4:59 PM

# Liberia

NBC confirms one of its cameramen has caught Ebola

The 33-year-old American is to be flown back to the US for treatment.

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Oct 3rd 2014, 8:26 AM

# Outbreak

Ebola virus ruled out for patient in Dublin hospital

A Dublin hospital had restricted access to the patient as they investigated Ebola as a possibility – they have now cleared him.

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Aug 15th 2014, 7:52 AM

# Lagos

Nigeria's largest city is struggling to find medical personnel to help fight Ebola‎

It has appealed for volunteers to come forward.

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Aug 9th 2014, 3:15 PM

# Virus

Ebola patient arrives in US and brought to state-of-the-art isolation unit

Two aid workers are in a serious but stable condition after becoming infected.

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Aug 2nd 2014, 6:44 PM

# West Africa

West Africa's Ebola virus outbreak is now "out of control"

The virus is fatal in 90% of cases.

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Jun 23rd 2014, 10:28 PM

# Outbreak

Heading long-haul this summer? Get the polio vaccination, says the HSE...

The recommendation applies to a number of African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries.

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May 22nd 2014, 8:18 AM

# Aids

Fishermen blamed for huge number of HIV cases in Ugandan village

The going rate for sex in Kasensero is as little as €1.50.

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Apr 24th 2014, 8:15 AM

# H7N9

Fifth bird flu case reported in Hong Kong

A 65-year-old man was hospitalised after developing a fever and a cough.

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Feb 12th 2014, 3:45 PM

# Infectious Disease

Experts warn that the polio outbreak in Syria may threaten Europe

Two experts have warned that areas such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Austria, where vaccination coverage is low, could be most at risk.

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Nov 9th 2013, 8:15 AM

# Virus

Deadly MERS virus may be spread by camels

New research has found antibodies in blood samples taken from camels in a number of different locations in Oman.

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Aug 9th 2013, 7:15 AM

Voices

Column: Could Brazil's protests spread?

Could the demonstrations in South America’s largest country spread across the continent just like with the Arab Spring, asks Fergal Browne – who says Argentina and Brazil are not all that different.

Jun 28th 2013, 1:00 PM