There are now 43 confirmed cases in the Republic. 9 new cases today and 1 fatality:
- – Four males from the south of the country associated with travel;
- – One female from the south of the country who came into contact with a confirmed case;
- – One male from the south who came in contact with a confirmed case;
- – Two males from the east of the country associated with travel;
- – One male from the east of the country who came into contact with a confirmed case.
Unless my English teacher taught a dodo, we are several months too late to be identified as in any way proactive with COVID-19 or the SARS-COV-2 virus and several weeks too late to be seen to have reacted in a timely, effective manner. Thermometers alone are not sufficient diagnostic equipment for COVID-19, labs need to test for the virus; see below in my post.Surely we need to be proactive it can't take a whole lot to arm people with thermometers in key locations .is this an effective method of early detection ?
Simon and his useless Dept of Health and HSE mandarins need to get gone and put the professionals in charge, but not from Kilkenny please.
Surely the GAA need to come out with something similar today?""All football matches in England will be played behind closed doors under government plans to combat coronavirus that could be triggered as early as today.
A meeting of the government’s Cobra committee this morning is expected to move its response to the pandemic from the “contain” phase to the “delay” phase. That will result in a crisis plan being unveiled for football. The Times can reveal:
● The current season will not be postponed and instead matches in the Premier League and lower divisions will be moved behind closed doors;
● All Premier League season-ticket holders and ticket holders for individual games will be able to stream coverage of matches into their homes;
● No games will be shown in pubs so as to avoid congregation of people;
● Premier League games will not be shown live in the 3pm slot on Saturday afternoons;
● Broadcasters will be permitted to screen more than one Premier League game during both the lunchtime and tea-time television slots on Saturday, and the scheduled slots on Sundays and Mondays; and
● Season-ticket holders and ticket holders for individual games at Football League clubs will be allowed to watch matches on iFollow streams.
The plan may be implemented once the number of UK coronavirus cases passes 500. Last night it stood at 460.
The dramatic moves are seen as the only potential way to end the present season in light of the growing coronavirus crisis in England and the growing possibility of the country being moved to the delay phase.
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