Tuesday 24 May, 2022
BA.4 and BA.5 were identified by the ECDC as variants of concern earlier this month.
The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
The city of 25 million has been under heavy restrictions since early April.
With Ireland now in a different phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, will lessons be learned from the crisis gone by?
Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.
North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.
The HSE’s Damien McCallion gave The Journal’s Coronavirus Newsletter an insight into the next stages of the vaccine rollout.
The World Health Organisation has said the mounting economic toll of severe restrictions could be unsustainable.
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
Vaccination was a major factor determining outbreaks, as well as whether a home had suffered an outbreak in the past.
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
The new recommendations are set to come into effect from 16 May.
The Covid-19 emergency roster has been extended amid an industrial relations dispute.
China’s capital is trying to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with restrictions on movement.
The EMA has so far approved five vaccines for use in the EU.
The figure includes deaths directly associated with Covid as well as those due to the pandemic’s impact on the health system and society.
Deaths from Covid-19 in Hong Kong have fallen from a high of almost 300 per day in March to zero in recent days.
In the final daily update, health officials reported 980 PCR-confirmed cases and 1,020 positive antigen tests.
The Department of Health confirmed the figures earlier today.
China is facing its worst outbreak since the peak of the first wave in early 2020.
The Department of Health released the figures this afternoon.
Harris will isolate at her residence but continue to work remotely.
477 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, the first time the figure dropped below 500 since December.
535 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, including 43 in ICU.
Nolan said that as health experts, ‘we need to be better at communicating the range of possibilities and uncertainties’.
Prof Aisling McMahon and Dr Edana Richardson argue that shareholders in pharma have the power to demand better from companies.
The Department of Health announced the figures in a statement this afternoon.
The person first tested positive in early 2020 and continued to test positive until their death in 2021.
It follows guidance from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC).
The Department of Health announced the figures in a statement this afternoon.
The Department of Health announced the figures in a statement this afternoon.
The Department of Health announced the latest figures from the Easter break this afternoon.
Scotland’s First Minister apologised as Police Scotland confirmed it had spoken to Ms Sturgeon.
All three who died had not been vaccinated against the virus and were elderly.
Scotland’s First Minister was visiting a barber’s while canvassing.
The government reported 29,411 new cases yesterday.
The independent TD says the mishandling of a potential move by the CMO to Trinity College is a wasted opportunity.
The Department of Health is advising people to continue to follow public health advice over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
The Department of Health announced the latest figures in a statement this afternoon.
About 6.6 million people can go outdoors, but some must stay in their own neighbourhoods in the Chinese city.
