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- Feb 27, 2020
Ireland- 301 new cases and 3 new deaths announced. 2,121 total cases and 22 total deaths, demographic breakdowns will probably come out tomorrow but after the last update the median age of diagnosis was 46 and the median age of death was 79.
New measures are being introduced-
From tonight everyone has to stay at home under all circumstances except working in essential services, buying food or medicine, caring for vulnerable family members, or brief exercise within 2km of your home. Public transport can only be used by essential workers. All public and private gatherings are prohibited unless everyone is from a single household, including visiting family members for reasons other then caring for them. All visits to hospitals, prisons, and long term care facilities are to stop, and all non-essential medical care is being postponed. Travelling to the offshore islands is banned except for residents. "Cocooning" is being introduced for over 70's and others at an especially high risk, guidance on this will be published shortly. Pharmacists are allowed to use their own judgement to fill expired prescriptions or give more than indicated. The PM quoted the Terminator at the end of his speech, shit's getting real.
Chief Medical Officer says there are signs that the measures already in place are working but they're seeing an increase in cases in places like nursing homes which is prompting the harsher containment measures.
I think I forgot to mention it in an earlier update- over the past few days country wide rent controls have been introduced as has a temporary ban on evictions. The health service also confirmed a €200 million order for PPE which is starting to be delivered on chartered flights this week, that's more than 10 times what they normally spend on it in a year.
Pretty harsh but I'm honestly not mad about it, better these measures are brought in now than when things spiral out of control. By all accounts, most hospitals are still pretty quiet. They've been making a massive effort to clear out people who didn't need to be there to make room for ChinAIDS patients so a lot of A&Es and wards are the emptiest they've been in a long time, the numbers waiting to be admitted are the lowest in years. They may have bought us some time that we badly fucking need.
New measures are being introduced-
From tonight everyone has to stay at home under all circumstances except working in essential services, buying food or medicine, caring for vulnerable family members, or brief exercise within 2km of your home. Public transport can only be used by essential workers. All public and private gatherings are prohibited unless everyone is from a single household, including visiting family members for reasons other then caring for them. All visits to hospitals, prisons, and long term care facilities are to stop, and all non-essential medical care is being postponed. Travelling to the offshore islands is banned except for residents. "Cocooning" is being introduced for over 70's and others at an especially high risk, guidance on this will be published shortly. Pharmacists are allowed to use their own judgement to fill expired prescriptions or give more than indicated. The PM quoted the Terminator at the end of his speech, shit's getting real.
Chief Medical Officer says there are signs that the measures already in place are working but they're seeing an increase in cases in places like nursing homes which is prompting the harsher containment measures.
I think I forgot to mention it in an earlier update- over the past few days country wide rent controls have been introduced as has a temporary ban on evictions. The health service also confirmed a €200 million order for PPE which is starting to be delivered on chartered flights this week, that's more than 10 times what they normally spend on it in a year.
Pretty harsh but I'm honestly not mad about it, better these measures are brought in now than when things spiral out of control. By all accounts, most hospitals are still pretty quiet. They've been making a massive effort to clear out people who didn't need to be there to make room for ChinAIDS patients so a lot of A&Es and wards are the emptiest they've been in a long time, the numbers waiting to be admitted are the lowest in years. They may have bought us some time that we badly fucking need.
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