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The best dessert in 25 countries around the world

Forget that diet.

A MEAL ISN’T complete without dessert.

That’s true around the world, but desserts differ from country to country.

Some are light and fruity and some are rich and chocolaty.

From Japan’s mochi to Poland’s poppy seed rolls, read on to see what people use to satisfy their sweet tooth in 25 different countries.

Crème brûlée is a favorite dessert all over France. It’s a mix of rich, creamy custard topped with a layer of hard, crunchy caramel that’s just slightly browned.

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In Indonesian, dadar means pancake and gulung means to roll, so it’s no wonder this dessert — popular on the Indonesian island of Java — is named dadar gulung. It’s a green pancake made from pandanus leaves that is rolled and then filled with coconut sugar.

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It doesn’t get any more American than apple pie. The pie — consisting of apple pieces wrapped in a flaky crust — can be served with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, or even cheddar cheese.

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One of Turkey’s specialties, baklava, consists of phyllo dough layered between a mixture of chopped nuts. The squares are held together by syrup or honey.

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The streets of Italy are lined with restaurants selling gelato, an Italian version of ice cream that’s more like soft serve than traditional American ice cream. Gelato comes in a wide variety of flavors, from raspberry to pistachio to rum to chocolate.

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Picarones are the Peruvian version of an American donut. They’re made by deep frying a combination of sweet potato, squash, flour, yeast, sugar, and anise.

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Russians are particularly fond of syrniki, a pancake that’s made out of quark — a fresh dairy product made from cheese that has a texture similar to sour cream. The pancakes are then fried and served with jam, apple sauce, sour cream, or honey.

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Tarta de Santiago is Spanish for cake of Saint James. The almond cake has a rich history: It originated in the Middle Ages in Galicia, a region in the northwest of Spain.

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Japanese mochi gets its name from mochigome, a glutinous rice that’s pounded into a paste and then molded into a circular shape. Mochi is available year round, but it’s most commonly eaten and sold at Japanese New Year. It’s often wrapped around a small scoop of ice cream.

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Commonly eaten on Argentinian independence day, pastelitos are flaky puff pastries filled with sweet quince or sweet potato, then deep fried, and finished with a dusting of sprinkles.

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England is home to banoffee pie, a delicious pie made with bananas, cream, toffee, and sometimes chocolate or coffee.

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Brigadeiros are eaten at any major Brazilian celebration. Similar to a truffle, the dessert is made with powdered chocolate, condensed milk, and butter. It can either be eaten as a cooked mixture or molded into little individual balls covered in sprinkles.

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Dragon Beard Candy is not only a Chinese dessert, but also a handmade traditional art of the country. Resembling a white cocoon, dragon beard candy is made mainly from sugar and maltose syrup, along with peanuts, sesame seeds, and coconut.

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As the name suggests, Belgian waffles come from Belgium and are a common street snack throughout the country. The buttery treats are best when eaten warm and topped with either powdered sugar or Nutella.

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Gulab Jamun is one of India’s most beloved desserts, although it’s also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Best described as donut holes dipped in a sugary syrup, gulab jamun is made with milk powder and traditionally fried in ghee — a type of butter — and not oil.

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If Austria is known for one kind of dessert, it’s the Sachertorte, a dense but not overly sweet chocolate cake invented in 1832 by Austrian Franz Sacher. The recipe is still only known by confectioners at the famous Hotel Sacher in Vienna.

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Lamingtons are Australian dessert squares that consist of yellow sponge cake coated in chocolate and then topped with coconut flakes.

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A kind of Korean cookie, yakgwa is made from honey, sesame oil, and wheat flour, giving it a very sweet taste.

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Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte literally translates to Black Forest cherry torte and comes from Germany’s southwest Black Forest region. The mixture of cream, chocolate, cherries, and Kirsch — a Germany fruit brandy — makes for a decadent cake.

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Skyr has been a part of Icelandic cuisine for thousands of years. The yogurt-like dessert is served chilled with milk and sugar and sometimes fruit as well.

The Canadian nanaimo bar gets its name from the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia. The simple dessert requires no baking; it’s a wafer crumb crust layered with custard-flavored butter icing and topped with melted chocolate.

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Commonly paired with tea, koeksisters are a South African dessert named after “koekje,” the Dutch word for cookie. They’re extremely sweet rolls of dough that have been fried and dipped in cold sugar syrup.

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Princess cake — or prinsesstårta in Swedish — is a layer cake from Sweden that’s covered in a hard topping of marzipan which is usually green, giving the cake a unique look. Beneath the marzipan are alternating layers of sponge cake, pastry cream, and whipped cream.

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Umm Ali is the Egyptian version of American bread pudding. It’s made with puff pastry, milk, sugar, vanilla, raisins, coconut flakes and a variety of nuts.

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Although makowiec is most commonly served around the holidays in Poland, the pastry can be found in most of the country all year round. It’s a roll of sweet yeast bread that’s filled with dense poppy seed and sometimes topped with icing.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:12 PM

    I don’t believe the COVID-19 Cases Numbers anymore!!!

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    @Paul Scully: grand so. Let us know the real ones where you get a chance.

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    @Paul Scully: alright Victor Meldrew.

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    @Paul Scully: your medal is in the post. Well done.

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    @Paul Scully: I’d be willing to bet you never did

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    @Paul Scully: ok

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    @Sean: how so?

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    @Connor Coady: as only 631 more feaths tbT how so. NPHET have lost the dressing room

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    @Sean: applying your logic, how do explain previous fluctuations in years without Covid? I ask out of curiosity. I admire your persistence in this matter.

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    @Sean: OK so

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    @Sean: No. And if you wanted to know why, you would. Restrictions have meant less people died from flu and other infectious diseases. There you go.

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    @Thomas O’ Donnell: 200 to 500 die from flu each year and most are elderly, so even take average 350 die a year then these people died with cv19 instead of wirh the flu.

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    How can they tell the numbers as the HSE IT system is down and from looking at the Vaccination the majority of Irish people are vaccinated against covid-19 so where are the case then was coming out of that’s the question!!

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    @Paul Scully: they don’t really matter. What matters is hospital numbers and ICU cases. They are low.

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    @Thomas O’ Donnell: 2018 n 2019 nearly the same deaths so on that trend i going by which makes sense. NPHET are not fit for purpose

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    @Eugene Norman: I’m sorry but where the hell are 393 cases coming from

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    @Paul Scully: they are not. NPHET not been honest with the numbers. Remember these are same people who said Irish people would not know how to wear a face covering

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    @Sean: Given the lack of data over the last month on Covid deaths I’d say it’s probable we’ve reached the 5000 mark. So even if we followed your logic, that’s well over 4500 additional deaths.

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    @Tommy Roche: 631 more deaths in 2020 than 2019. That is the facts. Enough said

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:48 PM

    @Aleks Ander: They are releasing those figures as well. It is all available if you look for it. Now they even announce how many have been declared covid free after having it. Our overall figure is dropping daily now.

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    @Aleks Ander: in other countries where the public health care system wasn’t taken down by greedy hackers, sure. At least we have a rollout going and we’re doing a lot better than 90% of the world getting jabs to people.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:14 PM

    What does it matter? The more who get it will then be Immune from it. It’s practically harmless to under 35’s. The others will have been vaccinated. So long as hospital numbers remain low and I don’t see why the won’t, then things are looking very positive.

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    @Joe: yeah, once you ignore the prevalence of long term covid affects, a mild dose of covid isn’t an indicator of the severity of long term affects

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:52 PM

    @D. Memery: but it’s not like we can do much more about it. We were in lockdown for 5 solid months. We can’t wave a magic wand and it goes away. Life must go on.

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    @Joe: do u not think it ofd that the experts can’t say how many deaths were due to cv19 alone ? As i said many times my uncle was dying before he got cv19. But yet cv19 was put on his death cert along with the actual cause of his death.

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    Jun 20th 2021, 1:45 AM

    @Sean: as I said in a previous comment to you maybe 1000 people tested positive that day and following on from those 1000 – 100 may have ended in hospital and 10 in ICU and 2 died… so the outcome from the 1000 tests were 998 recovered and 2 died and that is why such deaths are included in the covid-19 death surveillance reports.

    Ironically everyone is happy when it is reported that 998 of the 1000 cases (in this example) recovered but some are not happy when the two that do not recover from the infection are included with the deaths with covid-19. It was never ever a case of all the people dying direct from covid-19 – disease surveillance does not work this way -1/2 of lung cancer patients that die with lung cancer die from other causes, likewise no one has actually died from the HIV virus or aids but rather from the illnesses that aids allows to develop, so do we count these are lung cancer and hiv deaths?

    One could go one, and I am not disputing the validity of your argument, but you and many others are, I think, misunderstanding the difference between illness detection outcome (which can only be death or recovery) and underlying and contributory cause of death.

    Death records are public documents and at the end of all this someone can go to the register of deaths and, maybe under FOI, request the number of deaths caused directly from covid-19 and the number where covid-19 was a contributing factor and the ones where the death was unrelated to covid but that the person just happened to have tested positive and not recovered before they passed away.

    Of course the system for allowing three months to register a death does need to be reviewed .. it is my opinion that a death should be notified before burial, usually by the undertaker, with a provisional cause and then this be updated as more information becomes available. It does seem strange to me that you could be in the grave for three months before the state knows you are dead!

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    @Joe: Why take the chance? The CSO confirmed recently that:

    “More men have been confirmed dead from COVID -19 than women (670 deaths compared to 617) even though more women were diagnosed as a confirmed case than men (13,694 women compared to 10,170 men).”

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    ZZZzzzzzzz…..

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:28 PM

    @Wessss: Tony will wake you up when there’s zzzzzzero in hospital. Then he’ll whisper, “the cases, what about the cases?”. And you’ll reply, “you need a holiday Tony, cases are at the airport, enjoy your (well deserved) holiday”.

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    Open the mink farms.

    Zero minks in ICU
    Zero minks in hospital

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    Jun 19th 2021, 4:07 PM

    14 in icu from covid, I wonder is there more in icu in Ireland from lighting strikes, its got to be neck and neck at this stage

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:14 PM

    What does it matter, the more who get it will then be Immune from it. The others will have been vaccinated. So long as hospital numbers remain low and I don’t see why the won’t, then things are looking very positive.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:39 PM

    Open the Shebeens

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:44 PM

    And most of those cases are in the age group of 20-25 year-olds who won’t be getting a look in at a vaccine for months. Scary to think that county Louth is several months behind it’s neighbouring county who are vaccinating 18+ year olds. They can blame supply but the government chose not to seek other vaccines that were being used in other countries. And why not let people choose if they want to have Astra or Jaansen if they don’t want to wait? That would make far too much sense

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:51 PM

    @David Lee: We have some of the highest numbers in the EU. the county nest to Louth is in the UK and they did not do the tests on the vaccines as we did. They also kept all the supply manufactured there as well as accepting shipments from the EU. Even with all of that they are having another wave now, with figures multiplying daily. If we had of been supplied as agreed we would be much farther ahead of where we are now.
    We are doing a lot better than the UK & NI.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:01 PM

    @Gary Kearney: that was a hard read…my brain is melted…

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:05 PM

    @David Lee: I’d love to know how many under 30 are in hospital.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:09 PM

    @Damo: try reading it slowly, might help

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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:09 PM

    @Gary Kearney: Another wave because everything has ‘re opened indoors for weeks now, inevitable, and its already begining to peak, Wait and see our wave when indoor dining reopens and were still trying to vaccinate 40 year olds.

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    @Gary Kearney: Two more weeks Gary, hang on in there.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:15 PM

    Any idea when death statistics will be back?

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:20 PM

    @Victoria Victoria: When they do it won’t be an average it be weeks of a backup and why this made no sense at all. A phone call each day by the hospital administrator to NPHET would have worked

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:26 PM

    @Victoria Victoria: they announced the deaths from May during the week as far as I remember.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 1:45 PM

    @Terence Martin: they did, 38 between May 18th and Jun 16th I believe.

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    Mute Sean
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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:28 PM

    @Anto Curran: and off those 38 how many actually died due to cv19 alone. Maybe 3

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    Mute Denis Ryan
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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:46 PM

    @Sean: Maybe three, please show your workings Dr. Sean.

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    Mute Anto Curran
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    Jun 19th 2021, 3:50 PM

    @Sean: wait you didn’t sign off on the numbers? Don’t they consult Sean from The Journal comments on these things? Disgraceful

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    Mute Terri McCormick O'Gorman
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    Jun 19th 2021, 9:38 PM

    @Sean: Were you not informed privately?

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    Mute MrMurmur
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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:11 PM

    Why don’t they explain us the reason why out of 2,6M Pfizer jabs received only 2,1M have been administered?

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    Mute Pseud O'Nym
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    Jun 19th 2021, 2:39 PM

    @MrMurmur: ok, from the top. Pfizer is a 2-jab vaccine. In order to make sure there are second doses for all who need them, they can’t just fire out all the doses they have; some need to be kept in reserve to ensure all second doses can be given, allowing for predicted supply.
    The alternative is the UK approach of use it all now and*hope* there’s more there when we need it.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 3:21 PM

    @Pseud O’Nym: yes got you, however 20% reserve is way too much, considering also Pfizer deliveries consistency (200k doses/week)
    5/10% reserve is the magic number EU countries are looking at apparently

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    Mute JusticeForJoe
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    Jun 19th 2021, 5:11 PM

    @MrMurmur: I’m not really sure I understand your issue here

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    Jun 19th 2021, 6:33 PM

    @JusticeForJoe: they should not keep half million doses in the fridges.
    Ok to keep a reserve but those are too many.
    They could easily use 200k of those, so more people will get their jab.
    And still having some reserve in case of delays

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    Mute Terri McCormick O'Gorman
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    Jun 19th 2021, 9:40 PM

    @Pseud O’Nym: Exactly!! And look how that s gone for them.

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    Mute Richie R
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    Jun 19th 2021, 7:14 PM

    The country is been run by Tony. All hail Tony

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    Mute Stealth
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    Jun 19th 2021, 9:32 PM

    16 days since i registered and no appointment yet.
    But i know loads in there 20s/30s who are fully vaccinated by there GP.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:58 PM

    @Stealth: Don’t take their word for it!

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    Mute Richie R
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    Jun 19th 2021, 7:14 PM

    The country is been run by Tony. All hail Tony

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    Mute Gill James
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    Jun 19th 2021, 5:58 PM

    I would be interested to know how many here truly believe that the Covid pandemic is over here in Ireland bar the shouting – that because of the vaccination schedule we have it beaten , will not need another lockdown and the future looks to be a cloudless blue.

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    Mute Marie Barrett
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    Jun 19th 2021, 8:20 PM

    Can anybody tell me how we are going to be issued with the Covid passport or how and when we can apply for it. How long after 19th of July do we have to wait. I would like some clarity on this.Thanks in advance.

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    Mute Terri McCormick O'Gorman
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    Jun 19th 2021, 9:41 PM

    @Marie Barrett: Here is not the place to get that info! Mostly doctors here.

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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:02 PM

    @Terri McCormick O’Gorman: Knew I was probably wasting my time asking.

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    Mute Shneak
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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:44 PM

    @Marie Barrett: you can use your paper vaccine cert that you received at the vaccination clinic. My wife used it last week and no issues.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:50 PM

    @Marie Barrett: I did hear that we’ll probably be able to download it from gov.ie from the 19th. Assuming that applies to people who have had both jabs in Ireland – the most straightforward situation. I read on the eu site that we’re technically ready to launch it. Maybe we key in a reference number from our appointment texts?

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:56 PM

    @Shneak: Is that the HSE record card? With the dates & batch numbers on it?

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    Mute Shneak
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    Jun 19th 2021, 10:41 PM

    The cyber attack was weeks ago. Plenty of time to get a system in place to report the number of deaths. You would wonder why people get suspicious when you see nonsense like this.

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