Donegal’s 14-day incidence overtakes Dublin’s

The 14-day incidence of Covid-19 in Co Donegal is higher than that in Dublin and is currently 148.2 cases per 100,000 people.

Government last night County Donegal has announced that it has moved to Level 3 of the Living with Covid framework and that additional restrictions will be effective from midnight.

Dublin has the second highest 14-day incidence in the country, currently 144.5 cases per 100,000.

The next highest incidence is in Raus, at a rate of 107.8 per 100,000.

Waterford is 86.9, Wicklow is 74.4, Kildare is 72.8, and Roscommon is 62 per 100,000.

In Co Donegal’s Stranorlar / Lifford constituency, the incidence of 336 cases per 100,000 population remains the highest in the country.

Of the 324 new cases of Covid-19 notified to the Ministry of Health yesterday, 42 were Donegal.

Delhi and Strabane have the highest rates of virus in Northern Ireland.

The National Public Health Emergency Team may advise the government on local restrictions in cities such as Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway, where the number of cases of coronavirus continues to grow, as Taoiseach said. It will come.

In a speech at Cork this afternoon, Micheál Martin said NPHET was “extremely concerned” about the spread of the virus in these cities.

Dr. Ronan Grin, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said the number of cases in Cork was “linearly increasing.”

He now said that these cities are dangerous areas and warn people that measures need to be taken to control the spread of the virus.

Martin said controlling the spread of the virus remains in his own hands.

In connection with the situation in County Donegal, Martin said he had spoken to both the northern and deputy prime ministers over the past 24 hours and called on public health measures on both sides of the border to be as harmonious as possible.

Appeal to the CMO to avoid unnecessary movement

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronunglin and Northern Ireland’s counterpart Dr. Michael McBride issued a joint statement this afternoon after discussions on efforts to reduce travel between Kodnigor and Northern Ireland.

They also urge everyone to avoid all but the necessary movement across borders, “given the current number of new cases in Donegal and neighboring areas of Northern Ireland in Delhi, Strabane and Fermana. Border employees We will do our best to help our staff work from home as much as possible.

“We understand that this is not welcome news for people living in border areas, but we need to prevent further spread of this virus and by working together to protect each other. You can only do that. “

The issue of the need for continued cooperation between Northern Ireland and the Republic was also discussed at today’s conference.

The CMO has jointly appealed to the general public to continue public health advice. Due to the high-level cases of Covid-19 in both Donegal and Delhi youth, they appealed to teens, 20s and 30s for their reductions. Social contact.

Last night, Martin spoke to Northern Ireland’s first and deputy prime ministers about the need for policies to reduce movement between the two jurisdictions, except for work, education, or other exempted reasons.

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County Donegal is the second county in a country subject to Level 3 regulation under the government’s Living Plan with Covid-19 issued last week.

Last week, Dublin was restricted to Level 3 for three weeks.

Donegal’s limits differ from Dublin in one area.

Pubs that do not serve meals may be open, but can accommodate up to 15 people and must sit outdoors.

The wedding in County Donegal has a grace period that will allow it to go as planned this weekend, but will be limited to 25 attendees from Monday.

More young people are hospitalized due to Covid-19

More adolescents are hospitalized due to Covid-19, and the virus prevalence is higher in people over the age of 65 observed by HSE in the past week.

Talking about Claire Byrne and RTÉ today, Paul Reed, chief executive of healthcare services, needs to change everything about how people meet and interact with the ever-increasing incidence of the virus. It states that there is.

Reed said Donegal’s testing and contact tracking system is overwhelmed by the number of incidents it currently needs to manage.

Reed said there was contact tracking and the transfer of information between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

“We can adjust and adapt our lives,” Reed said, keeping society open.

He said he does not support lockdown as health services continue to suffer from the backlog of patients waiting for care and an increasing number of people facing anxiety, stress and illness.

Reed says that one-third of Kodonigor’s infections are under the age of 25, and the “relentless” experience has a high prevalence among young people.

As the infection rate of the younger generation increases, the infection rate of the community will increase, and people over the age of 65 will be infected with the virus.

The pandemic gave HSE the opportunity to change and realize new ways of servicing and better care for the Irish people, Reed said.

He said the amount of work done in the last six months in response to the coronavirus along with the winter plan was care and pressure from hospital services to treat the elderly at home and make a GP diagnosis in the community. It states that it will bring about a change in.

All this will eventually treat people in a better way and with greater dignity, he said.

Reed said 4 million adult flu vaccines and 600,000 children’s flu vaccines will be available for administration this winter.

He said the first vaccine arrived in March and the flu vaccine will be offered in batches of two weeks over the next six weeks.

Fianna Fáil TD “I don’t know if county-wide regulation is the best course of action.”

“I’m not sure that county-wide regulation is always the best course of action,” said James Lawless of Fianna Fail TD.

Kildare North TD said it would advocate constituency-based restrictions if there were significant differences in the number of cases across a particular county.

Talking about the same program, Deputy Prime Minister Laures welcomed the constituency’s publication of the Covid-19 case.

He added that in order to fully comply with regulations, it is necessary to provide the public with sufficient information on the reasons behind the regulatory decisions.

Prior to the Dublin South-Central Profit TD, Brid Smith said the reduction in pandemic unemployment premiums was “tremendous” and does not mean “we are all together.”

The impact is serious, she said. “If you’re under € 50 and you have food to put on the table, that’s a big blow.

Talking about the same program, she reveals her weaknesses, saying that the payment method “targets the bottom of Irish society.”

Additional Report Vincent Kearney