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HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE confirmed a further 432 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland this evening, with one new death reported.
This brings to 38,973 the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,811 deaths in Ireland.
A total of 111 cases were recorded in Dublin. The county has seen a considerable increase in the number of people infected with Covid-19 in recent weeks.
The Government announced yesterday that Level 3 restrictions will come into effect nationwide from midnight tonight, after rejecting NPHET’s recommendation to move to Level 5.
Of the cases notified today:
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said: “It is essential that there is a broad societal effort over the coming weeks. Every one of us has the power to interrupt the spread of this virus and now is a vital time to use it.
“Focus on what you can do; wash your hands regularly, wear a face covering, keep your distance from others, avoid crowds, limit your social network, know the symptoms and what to do if you experience them or are a close contact of a confirmed case.”
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer said: “If you experience a cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of sense of taste or smell please isolate and phone you GP without delay. Do not go to work and try not to interact with others. This is a vital action if we are to break the chains of transmission.”
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I hope the UK get boris it is what they deserve. It will be the people of the UK that suffer the most and these are the leaders they elected.
@john s: A divisive buffoon in Washington and a divisive buffoon in London. Seems like character and ethics have been removed from the prerequisite list on the job application.
@Tommy C: no, no, character and ethics are still being looked at… just not the same way. if you have either you are not right for the job ;-)
English teams won the Europa and Champions leagues with a lot of help from some Belgians.
@Andrew: wouldn’t it be more accurate for him to say ‘English based teams’.
Boris won’t be able to kick the bucket or can down the road because he will be busy trying to take both feet out of his mouth.
@KJmadra.: does not matter who wins the Conservative poison chalice, when the UK leaves the EU it’s all downhill for them from there unfortunately with a huge knock on effect in Ireland with the border with the potential to take us back to the old days there. Not good all around really.
The electorate deserves everything they vote for and Boris and Trump are the most dangerous combination ever to be in power at the same time
Boris is a way more intelligent and machiavellian that he portrays. He plays the buffon character as it works with the conservative electorate while underneath it he is a sharp mined schemer.
The most dangerous thing about Boris is all he is interested in is Boris , he is only on the Brexit platform because its suited him politically, he originally wrote a pro remain article in the telegraph in 2016 where he said continued membership of the EU would be a “boon for the world and for Europe”. A week later he changed his mind and published a hard brexit column. I think if he become PM he wont be able to back up the statements he has made and will end up doing Theresa Mays deal with the EU and will quickly to from the golden haired boy to a hate figure the the entrenched hard brexit ideologues
Hes not going to gave a good relationship with Europe if he reneged on the 30 billion or so that Britain owes, which he has said he will do
IMO the Conservatives will buckle by September and opt for a second referendum
@Moorooka Mick: it’s the only escape from disaster
I really hope Boris wins too. F@@k it sure it’ll be gas!
@andyearley: Irish people – They have a strong view on other countries politicians and policies but ZERO on their own half hazard politicians
@Whoswho: not quite true, my view on Varadcar and his cowboy government would not pass the obscenity filter here.
That slogan is ripe for a Substitute S instead of B on the first line.
Sack
Boris
this would be the germany wihich hasn’t slipped behind India and France on GDP yet.
@ed w: or the Germany that experienced 1.5% growth in 2018 and has projected growth of only 0.5% for 2019 and is teetering on the brink of recession.
They deserve him…… unfortunately the rest of us don’t.
Politicians will say anything, do anything to get a promotion and can end up doing anything in power… People get what they vote for?
Maybe an English team won the Europa League, but a Scouse one won the Champions League. Now do one Johnson, we’re Scouse not English and don’t be using us to big yourself and the country up when you couldn’t care less about us.
Oh I hope that they get the Eton class clown for a leader, Dobbo handed him his ass at the convention center earlier this year, the UK will really rue what they wished for with this clown at the helm!!
Borris the soundbite king. Suppose he has to dumb things down for his supporters.
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