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35 additional deaths

613 new cases.

#COVID19ireland
The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 53 - 102 years.
Cases: 224 in Dublin, 39 in Limerick, 37 in Meath, 34 in Westmeath, 33 in Offaly. Image
Dr Lucy Jessop of the NIO says it’s clear the vaccines are having a big impact in healthcare settings. Image

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27 Feb
Breaking

13 deaths
738 new cases.

#COVID19ireland @VirginMediaNews
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 55 - 92 years.
Cases: 311 in Dublin, 54 in Limerick, 36 in Cork, 34 in Offaly, 33 in Donegal. Image
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27 Feb
💉 Vaccine data - Wednesday 24 Feb

18,075 doses administered on Wednesday.

Total doses 391,355

🔹1st doses 254,948 (+16,107)
🔹2nd doses 136,407 (+1,968)

▶️ Pfizer 335,874
▶️ AstraZeneca 49,005
▶️ Moderna 6,476

#COVID19ireland @VirginMediaNews
That’s the most administered on a single day since they started posting the data daily.

covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/pages/vaccinat…
37,384 vaccines administered between Monday and Wednesday.

Mon-Sun target was 100,000+
Read 4 tweets
26 Feb
Government launching White Paper on Ending Direct Provision.

Minister @rodericogorman: “Too often it was hostile, too often it resulted in institutionalisation. It’s clear that as a policy: Direct provision failed.” Image
Roderic O’Gorman says the aim is to close all existing Direct Provision centres by December 2024.
Read 4 tweets
25 Feb
NPHET's advice to Government on the Path Ahead with #COVID19 is worth reading.

assets.gov.ie/124697/0e98d26…
NPHET: The virus affects us all, but it does not affect us all equally. ImageImage
NPHET also called for resourcing of a strengthened consultant-led model for public health medicine. ImageImage
Read 5 tweets
25 Feb
HSE briefing underway. Image
Paul Reid: It’s a very difficult week for everybody... with more restrictions announced.

He says there is room for optimism with vaccines - and scenes so far would “warm anybody’s heart”.
Reid says front liners are “exhausted” at this point - but “getting extra fuel in the tank from vaccination for healthcare workers”
Read 22 tweets
26 Jan
#NEW

Taoiseach confirms Ireland's Level 5 lockdown restrictions extended until March 5th.

He says they're having a "positive impact" on prevalence of Covid in the community.

However, numbers in hospital are "too high".

@VirginMediaNews #COVID19ireland
"We cannot give the virus or variants any space", says Taoiseach.

The message for the next six weeks - "stay at home", says Micheal Martin.
🛬 #New

Taoiseach says "pulling up the drawbridge" isn't the only solution to #COVID19.
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