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# third wave
Lions confirm another Covid case as much-changed 23 named for Sharks game
A player has tested positive, while the Lions have identified 12 close contacts.
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Jul 7th 2021, 6:21 PM
# Bolsonaro
Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil passes half million covid deaths
Many critics blame President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimise the disease as the reason behind the toll.
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Jun 20th 2021, 8:19 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Would you take a free, walk-in Covid-19 test for people without symptoms?
Five test centres opened this week across the country.
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Mar 27th 2021, 11:00 AM
# third wave
'Level beyond comprehension': 1,750 people now in hospital with Covid-19
158 people are in intensive care.
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Jan 13th 2021, 10:00 AM
# third wave
INMO calls for 'critical emergency' protocols to be implemented across health service
The INMO is also calling on the HSE to improve daily communications with staff.
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Jan 8th 2021, 6:25 PM
# third wave
What does this week's Covid-19 data tell us about Ireland's third wave?
Ireland is in a “serious phase” of its current surge, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
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Jan 8th 2021, 4:00 PM
# Front Line
'Frontline staff are at breaking point': Healthcare workers on the challenges of working during the third wave
We asked healthcare workers to tell us what they’re experiencing. Here is what they said.
Top Irish health official raised 'serious concerns' about travel advice issued by European agency
Varadkar's message to private hospitals: 'You need to make your doctors, nurses and ICU beds available in third wave'
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Jan 8th 2021, 12:05 AM
# Creche
Childcare services to remain open but only for vulnerable groups and children of essential workers
The measures will remain in place until at least the end of January.
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Jan 6th 2021, 5:35 PM
# third wave
921 now in hospital with Covid-19 as patient numbers exceed April 2020 peak
On 15 April, 881 people with Covid-19 were in hospital.
What's the total ICU bed capacity for the latest Covid-19 surge?
Cabinet to sign off on closure of schools until February, most construction sites set to shut down
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Jan 6th 2021, 8:50 AM
# third wave
Cabinet to sign off on closure of schools until February, most construction sites set to shut down
Ministers meet this morning and an announcement is expected later today.
Ministers meet this morning and an announcement is expected later today.
Strict new rules on international travel are also set to be signed-off.
It comes as the numbers in hospital exceed the previous peak in mid-April.
921 now in hospital with Covid-19 as patient numbers exceed April 2020 peak
What's the total ICU bed capacity for the latest Covid-19 surge?
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Jan 6th 2021, 12:05 AM
# B117
Analysis suggests UK coronavirus variant 'not responsible for recent surge' in Ireland
It was identified in fewer than 10% of swabs in a small batch anaylsed.
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Jan 2nd 2021, 2:45 PM
# third wave
Highest number of Covid-19 hospital admissions in 24-hour period since April
59 people have been admitted to hospital since yesterday morning.
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Dec 30th 2020, 9:39 AM
AS IT HAPPENED
A return to Level 5 - with modifications - from Christmas Eve
The Taoiseach has announce details of the new restrictions which take effect on Christmas Eve.
The Cabinet has agreed a set of new restrictions, including restaurants and gastro pubs closing at 3pm Christmas Eve
People won't be able to travel beyond their county after midnight on 26 December, but can stay where they are past that point
A further 900+ new cases are expected today, as it's projected there could be as many as 2,000 daily cases by New Year's Day
'Level 5 with modifications': Here's when the new restrictions kick in over the Christmas and New Year period
New arrangements for people to claim Pandemic Unemployment Payment between now and new year
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Dec 22nd 2020, 2:52 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you changed your Christmas plans because of the third wave of Covid?
The government is expected to announce new restrictions this afternoon.
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Dec 22nd 2020, 11:03 AM
# third wave
'Stay at home, stop socialising': Ireland 'clearly' in third wave of pandemic, Philip Nolan says
The CMO Dr Tony Holohan said this wave is “happening much, much sooner after the last one”.
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Dec 21st 2020, 6:34 PM