# covid-19 facts
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Winter Dose
HSE on 'higher state of alert' as Covid-19 and other illnesses cause concern
15 Dec 2022
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Healthcare
Trade union asks Health Minister to extend Covid-19 payment to contracted frontline workers
21 Oct 2022
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THE MORNING LEAD
'Other crises are vying for our attention': Why people have stopped talking about Covid-19
7 Aug 2022
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Coronavirus
55% of patients with Covid-19 hospitalised due to virus, CMO warns health minister
21 Jun 2022
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omicron
Covid-19: Ireland's cases are rising quickly - here's why and what it means
16 Jun 2022
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Coronavirus
New restrictions not on cards despite 'significant increase' in hospital cases, Donnelly says
10 Jun 2022
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latest figures
Coronavirus: 2,837 new cases reported as number of Covid patients at lowest since December
26 Apr 2022
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latest figures
Coronavirus: 6,841 cases recorded over weekend as death toll surpasses 7,000
25 Apr 2022
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Coronavirus
Nearly 40,000 Covid cases recorded in three days as HSE boss issues hospitals warning
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28 Mar 2022
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latest figures
Coronavirus: 8,337 new cases and 670 patients in hospital, including 43 in ICU
4 Mar 2022
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Coronavirus: 7,694 new cases and 653 patients in hospital, including 46 in ICU
2 Mar 2022
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Coronavirus: 7,354 new cases and 608 patients in hospital, including 54 in ICU
22 Feb 2022
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Coronavirus: 9,881 new cases and 631 patients in hospital, 108 deaths notified in past week
16 Feb 2022
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latest figures
Covid-19: 9,365 new cases and 646 patients in hospital, including 72 in ICU
8 Feb 2022
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Covid-19: 12,560 new cases and 630 patients in hospital, 92 deaths notified in past week
2 Feb 2022
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Health
Ireland's Covid position improving but global risk remains high, CMO tells Oireachtas Committee
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2 Feb 2022
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Covid-19: 10,618 new cases and 624 patients in hospital, including 66 in ICU
1 Feb 2022
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Nursing Homes
New guidelines for care facilities to give unrestricted access to nominated support person
1 Feb 2022
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: This Irish video about masks is incorrect to claim they do not work against Covid-19
28 Dec 2021
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Coronavirus: 4,235 new cases confirmed in Ireland, with 47 deaths notified in the past week
15 Dec 2021
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Energy Boost
'It's not down to hesitancy at all': Are people less enthusiastic about boosters?
13 Dec 2021
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covid latest
Taoiseach says 'call to arms' has helped stabilise cases but suggests Christmas will not be 'normal'
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2 Dec 2021
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variant
WHO experts expect details of Omicron transmission ‘within days’
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1 Dec 2021
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5,471 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed, with results on suspected Omicron expected this week
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30 Nov 2021
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Schools
Children aged nine and over to be asked to wear masks indoors in public on temporary basis
30 Nov 2021
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restrictions
'No plans' to close hospitality or retail over the Christmas period, says Varadkar
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26 Nov 2021
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variant
Justice Minister says mandatory hotel quarantine could return over new Covid-19 variant
26 Nov 2021
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Hospitals
Healthcare worker absences due to Covid-19 at highest level since January
25 Nov 2021
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Testing
Antigen tests are being used 'widely but not properly', says chief medical officer
22 Nov 2021
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