Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

Tootsie_1

Cork case has been reported, they did not travel abroad ... ****tt

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-first-case-of-covid-19-detected-in-irish-patient-who-has-not-been-abroad-39019353.html

stephenjmcd

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-first-case-of-covid-19-detected-in-irish-patient-who-has-not-been-abroad-39019353.html



First case of human to human transmission within Ireland possibly.

Goes to show some people aren't coming forward if they have symptoms then. Which I'm not surprised about. Most will assume it's just the flu.

circadian

**** me community spread already, it's only the 7th confirmed case. Most other places went a lot longer before this.

blade1

saabsaab wrote: »

Probably following the protocol at the time!

He must have forgot to wash his hands :rolleyes:

skimpydoo

solidasarock wrote: »

So do Irish returning from north Italy/ China have to isolate on their return or are they clear to return to work?


I know what the smart option is but what has the gov said?

SFA as per usual. Their new subcommittee is only meeting up on Monday, so what does that tell you?

Downlinz

End of the containment phase if we have community spread already?

Drumpot

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-first-case-of-covid-19-detected-in-irish-patient-who-has-not-been-abroad-39019353.html

Coronavirus: First case of Covid-19 detected in Irish patient who has not been abroad

This explains the HSEs afternoon conference. It seemed to be everything I have wanted for weeks so I knew it was too good to be true. .

I’d say things are going to start changing very fast here now......

Away With The Fairies

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-first-case-of-covid-19-detected-in-irish-patient-who-has-not-been-abroad-39019353.html

Coronavirus: First case of Covid-19 detected in Irish patient who has not been abroad

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"The Cork detection came after doctors were investigating why the patient, who was being treated for a long-term health issue, was still unwell despite specific medications being administered."

A lot more people are going around with this virus.

ChikiChiki

micar wrote: »

They need to be doing 2 press conferences per day.

8pm is far too late in the day for announcements.

Should be at 9am/10am and then an evening on.

Good crisis management imo. Can't fault the time. People have the night to let it sink in.

gabeeg

Shut off Cork from the rest of the country immediately. We should've done it centuries ago.

igCorcaigh

harr wrote: »

Confirmed for cork ... hasn’t traveled outside the country and not connected with anyone who currently has it . Was attending the hospital for other issues when they tested him. A lot of people probably exposed to this in cork.

I had a doctor visit today in CUH, she did quiz me a bit when I said I had a chest cold for the last few weeks. I thought that was good of her.

I think she knew by my responses that I didn't require testing, but good to know they're on the lookout.

retro:electro

Holymotheragod Tis gone rogue

skimpydoo

Larbre34 wrote: »

No. There is no evidence of open circulation of the virus in Ireland. All nine cases on the island originated directly from Italy.

Follow handwashing and personal protocols, you'll be fine.

Wrong the 10th case in Cork had not been abroad or in contact with the other 9 cases.

banie01

gabeeg wrote: »

Shut off Cork from the rest of the country immediately. We should've done it centuries ago.

Greens will finally get the N20 killed off

DOCARCH

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

A lot more people are going around with this virus.

Absolutely/100%

solidasarock

This is Athlone's chance to he the capital.

fritzelly

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

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"The Cork detection came after doctors were investigating why the patient, who was being treated for a long-term health issue, was still unwell despite specific medications being administered."

A lot more people are going around with this virus.

They must have not heard about the virus

Unrealistic to believe this hasn't been going around Ireland for weeks if not longer
If you don't test you won't find it.

igCorcaigh

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

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"The Cork detection came after doctors were investigating why the patient, who was being treated for a long-term health issue, was still unwell despite specific medications being administered."

A lot more people are going around with this virus.

This is a good thing though? Many mild cases with no hospital treatment needed?

Just hoping that 20pc figure is an overestimate.

Cilldara_2000

Community transmission is not altogether surprising IMO given the, what appears to be, huge numbers of Irish people swanning around northern Italy in February.

The Indo publishing the article is prolly evidence that even "sound" national media who can be trusted to toe the line on most issues (such as attack SF) are now fed up with the government's/HSE's/DOH's PR efforts.

ArchXStanton

Hopefully the mothership turns up until I get the hell off this planet

fr336

Let's just assume it's bloody everywhere

Fr_Dougal

I wonder will the HSE start testing people who haven’t been travelling to China/Italy now.

Time to take their head out of the sand.

Sierra Oscar

I would imagine we will see a significant relaxing of the testing criteria now in order to determine just how prevalent it is in communities. Looks like current testing setup is potentially missing a lot of cases.

Tootsie_1

"He was being treated for a separate and unrelated health condition on a busy ward in CUH."

So he was an in patient in CUH being treated for something else, so obviously in there for at least a day or two I would say longer if they eventually realised why he wasn't improving this would mean he would of had at least 3 - 4 days of treatment for something else and when they didn't see improvement figured it out . Oh My god this could be catastrophic in that hospital

harr

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

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"The Cork detection came after doctors were investigating why the patient, who was being treated for a long-term health issue, was still unwell despite specific medications being administered."

A lot more people are going around with this virus.

The country is crawling with it ... people being hero’s heading off to school / work with what they believe is a bad cold or mild flu .
Still people saying it’s nothing more than a mild flu .. perfectly fine for most of the country but don’t let your pigheaded ideas put my sick child in danger.
The level of stupidity in country at times is unbelievable.

Kermit.de.frog

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

I would imagine we will see a significant relaxing of the testing criteria now in order to determine just how prevalent it is in communities. Looks like current testing setup is potentially missing a lot of cases.

We'll see much larger clusters similar to other European countries.

namloc1980

harr wrote: »

Confirmed for cork ... hasn’t traveled outside the country and not connected with anyone who currently has it . Was attending the hospital for other issues when they tested him. A lot of people probably exposed to this in cork.

Not just Cork. Have to assume this is fairly widespread at this stage.

amadangomor

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Goes to show some people aren't coming forward if they have symptoms then. Which I'm not surprised about. Most will assume it's just the flu.

Especially with the ridiculous HSE guidelines for only people from affected areas with symptoms to get tested

Babooshka

igCorcaigh wrote: »

This is a good thing though? Many mild cases with no hospital treatment needed?

Just hoping that 20pc figure is an overestimate.

unless they're wandering the streets sneezing into your elderly Mother's face....who has COPD

skimpydoo

fr336 wrote: »

Let's just assume it's bloody everywhere

As person with a compromised immune system I am assuming that it is everywhere. Time to stay in and watch some box sets.