IRELAND-CoVid19 Case Counts & News

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Ireland reports 1st COVID-19 case, UK tally now 23
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/ireland-reports-1st-covid-19-case-uk-tally-now-23-33147/

Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland. They are receiving treatment in hospital. Infection prevention measures are in place.   ---CONTINUED----

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Coronavirus: Dublin school to close for two weeks as student has Covid-19
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-dublin-school-to-close-for-two-weeks-as-student-has-covid-19-1.4189537

Closure ordered after student identified as first case in Republic
35 minutes ago Updated: 14 minutes ago

A Dublin school with 400 pupils is to close for two weeks after one of its students was confirmed as having the coronavirus.

The teenager, who is the first person in the Republic to test positive for the virus, became ill in recent days after returning from Italy and is in isolation in Dublin hospital.

Public health officials have ordered the closure of the school in order to minimise the risk of person-to-person transmission of the disease...

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Four new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus confirmed in Republic of Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/four-new-cases-covid-19-ireland-5033754-Mar2020/

This brings the total of confirmed cases in the Republic to six.
29 minutes ago
Updated 15 minutes ago

FOUR NEW CASES of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland this evening, the Department of Health has confirmed.

This brings the total of confirmed cases in the Republic to six.

The four new patients – two males and two females from the west of Ireland – are all associated with travel from the same affected area in Northern Italy, the Department confirmed.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, said: “Tonight we can confirm there are now six cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Contact tracing is underway for these four new cases.”...

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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-patient-worked-shift-in-emergency-department-in-west-of-ireland-1.4193756

A healthcare professional in the west of Ireland is among the latest group of people to test positive for the coronavirus, The Irish Times understands.

The person worked a shift in a hospital emergency department since returning from northern Italy, it is also understood.

They were one of four people, two males and two females, who tested positive for the disease on Wednesday evening

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Seven more coronavirus cases confirmed in Republic of Ireland
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-cases-republic-of-ireland-a4379921.html

Seven more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland, including one who had not travelled to an infected area.

Four are travel related from northern Italy, involving four males from the east of the country and two are associated with close contact with a confirmed case, two females in the west of the country.

The seventh is a male in the south of the country - who had not been in northern Italy or any other infected region. ---CONTINUED---

Coronavirus: Dublin St Patrick's Day parade cancelled as Belfast council considers own event
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/coronavirus-dublin-st-patricks-day-parade-cancelled-as-belfast-council-considers-own-event-39028475.html

Belfast City Council is understood to be considering cancelling the annual St Patrick’s Day parade in the city following the cancellation of Dublin’s parade.

The Irish Government cancelled Dublin's St Patrick's Day parade in response to the coronavirus outbreak during a Cabinet sub-committee meeting on Monday.

It comes after Cork cancelled its parade earlier on Monday. ---CONTINUED---