Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Pen Rua · 30-01-2021 10:13am

It's been mentioned in this thread already, but:

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40217168.html

Personnel from the Defence Forces are continuing to provide support to a number of care home facilities around the country including three in Cork.

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It is currently providing support in six care home facilities around the country, three of which are located in Cork.

A spokesperson for the Defence Forces said that the assistance they are providing is to support the running of the facilities and personnel have no direct contact with patients or residents.

The range of supports includes activities such as cleaning, cooking, making beds, transport and administrative duties.

As of January 28, a total of 492 Defence Forces personnel (circa 25 daily) have been involved in the provision of this support across eight nursing homes in total, the spokesperson said.

The Defence Forces are also continuing to provide support to the HSE in Cork with a number of other tasks including swab testing, patient transfers to/from test centres, and tentage support.

Chuck Noland · 30-01-2021 10:15am

Test Centre in Douglas Road has been closed most of the week any time I passed

ACitizenErased · 30-01-2021 1:34pm

Chuck Noland wrote: »

Test Centre in Douglas Road has been closed most of the week any time I passed

Based on the GP referral data tests in Cork have plummetted

Away With The Fairies · 30-01-2021 3:03pm

I haven't used public transport since the pandemic began. Coming into summer, I can't go another year not doing anything. You can always get nice days out in Cobh, Spike Island and Fota. But does anyone know if they have windows that can be opened on the trains?

ACitizenErased · 30-01-2021 5:32pm

Situation in nursing homes at the moment is very concerning. Have heard of 4 families now with outbreaks linked to family members working in nursing homes across the city.

questionmark? · 30-01-2021 5:37pm

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I haven't used public transport since the pandemic began. Coming into summer, I can't go another year not doing anything. You can always get nice days out in Cobh, Spike Island and Fota. But does anyone know if they have windows that can be opened on the trains?

Yes the windows are kept opened on the local cork commuter trains. Can personally confirm that. No idea about intercity trains.

Away With The Fairies · 30-01-2021 5:43pm

questionmark? wrote: »

Yes the windows are kept opened on the local cork commuter trains. Can personally confirm that. No idea about intercity trains.

Thanks, might venture out this year.

JP Liz V1 · 30-01-2021 5:50pm

1387 positive swabs, 6.64% positivity on 20,887 tests

ACitizenErased · 30-01-2021 5:55pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

1387 positive swabs, 6.64% positivity on 20,887 tests

Bordering on 10% reduction in swabs per day, really positive

ACitizenErased · 30-01-2021 6:51pm

105 cases in Cork today

Chris_5339762 · 30-01-2021 6:57pm

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I haven't used public transport since the pandemic began. Coming into summer, I can't go another year not doing anything. You can always get nice days out in Cobh, Spike Island and Fota. But does anyone know if they have windows that can be opened on the trains?

Just bear in mind there is very little open in Cobh at the moment bar the shops. I don't think Spike Island is open at the moment. And Fota wildlife park is closed at the moment.

But hopefully all of those will be reversed come summer!

Icantthinkof1 · 30-01-2021 7:00pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Situation in nursing homes at the moment is very concerning. Have heard of 4 families now with outbreaks linked to family members working in nursing homes across the city.

Were the family members working in the nursing homes not vaccinated? I thought nearly all staff in nursing homes were vaccinated?

ACitizenErased · 30-01-2021 7:01pm

Icantthinkof1 wrote: »

Were the family members working in the nursing homes not vaccinated? I thought nearly all staff in nursing homes were vaccinated?

Nursing homes with active outbreaks can't be vaccinated

Away With The Fairies · 30-01-2021 8:01pm

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Just bear in mind there is very little open in Cobh at the moment bar the shops. I don't think Spike Island is open at the moment. And Fota wildlife park is closed at the moment.

But hopefully all of those will be reversed come summer!

Kind of hoping for something to be open for the summer.

Mushy · 30-01-2021 8:30pm

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Kind of hoping for something to be open for the summer.

Hopefully they will be. Not expecting many cruise ships to look at, but would assume spike and other places be open come summer.

And yes, there are windows on the train. Lots of them

30-01-2021 8:42pm

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Kind of hoping for something to be open for the summer.

Mushy wrote: »

Hopefully they will be. Not expecting many cruise ships to look at, but would assume spike and other places be open come summer.

And yes, there are windows on the train. Lots of them

I imagine there'll be plenty open in the Summer

There'll be some restrictions but non essential retail, museums etc should all be open all going to plan.

sporina · 31-01-2021 1:35am

what happened in Cork during the xmas period? Numbers went thru the roof shortly afterwards...

I know the city was busy... I have been v careful as have most I know (in my close circles - friends, family etc)... but I assume others weren't? I don't know of anyone who had parties etc.. had thee quietest xmas ever! literally just the two of us - didn't met up with anyone for days - since before xmas I have only met up with 3 mates for walks outdoors (separate occasions).. working from home and just the weekly shopping - in and out as fast as I can...

where there/are there loads not complying?

Widdensushi · 31-01-2021 2:29am

sporina wrote: »

what happened in Cork during the xmas period? Numbers went thru the roof shortly afterwards...

I know the city was busy... I have been v careful as have most I know (in my close circles - friends, family etc)... but I assume others weren't? I don't know of anyone who had parties etc.. had thee quietest xmas ever! literally just the two of us - didn't met up with anyone for days - since before xmas I have only met up with 3 mates for walks outdoors (separate occasions).. working from home and just the weekly shopping - in and out as fast as I can...

where there/are there loads not complying?

Why happened all over the country, considering the dominant strain is the UK one I presume there were a lot of people 'travelling' from the UK was a factor.

Away With The Fairies · 31-01-2021 3:18am

sporina wrote: »

what happened in Cork during the xmas period? Numbers went thru the roof shortly afterwards...

I know the city was busy... I have been v careful as have most I know (in my close circles - friends, family etc)... but I assume others weren't? I don't know of anyone who had parties etc.. had thee quietest xmas ever! literally just the two of us - didn't met up with anyone for days - since before xmas I have only met up with 3 mates for walks outdoors (separate occasions).. working from home and just the weekly shopping - in and out as fast as I can...

where there/are there loads not complying?

I know someone who picked it up in a restaurant. You can do everything right, the problem is it's airborne.

We opened restaurants and gastro pubs. Then people went home for Christmas. They should never have allowed food establishments to open AND allow household visits at Christmas. And that's exactly what NPHET recommended back in November, it was one or the other. But government ignored NPHET's advice and allowed both to happen.

Happened all over the country though.

the beer revolu · 31-01-2021 11:01am

sporina wrote: »

what happened in Cork during the xmas period? Numbers went thru the roof shortly afterwards...

I know the city was busy... I have been v careful as have most I know (in my close circles - friends, family etc)... but I assume others weren't? I don't know of anyone who had parties etc.. had thee quietest xmas ever! literally just the two of us - didn't met up with anyone for days - since before xmas I have only met up with 3 mates for walks outdoors (separate occasions).. working from home and just the weekly shopping - in and out as fast as I can...

where there/are there loads not complying?

Far too many people "had a meaningful Christmas" as if there was no virus. They met their friends (some of whom travelled from abroad and didn't isolate) for pints and meals, got drunk, went to parties and then had large gatherings on and around Christmas day with their families.

I'm not sure any government measures could have stopped that for many, many people.

The only way to have prevented what happened was to, essentially, cancel Christmas. I think the majority of the population would have refused to accept that and would have done their own thing anyway.

TheDriver · 31-01-2021 11:35am

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Happened all over the country though.

All over Europe by the sounds of it

Pen Rua · 31-01-2021 12:12pm

I know testing of close contacts has been a common topic here, so thought to share:

https://twitter.com/Stephen_Murphy5/status/1355835694514626560

31-01-2021 12:15pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

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I'm not sure any government measures could have stopped that for many, many people...............

Indeed, I do think the restaurants was a bad idea though, lots of folk frequented restaurants as they were open etc but sitting indoors in a busy room with 10s of other folk was not a good idea.

Any restaurant I walked past that you could see into were all doing the 1m table thing rather than the 2m distance and even at that loads of chairs from different tables were back to back like in normal times and the restaurants full, it looked grim as fnck from a covid viewpoint IMO.

Folk on busy streets were wearing masks and folk indoors in busy restaurants were of course not unless they were away from their table.

I always reckoned in door dining wasn't too bad but when the places are jammed full it's a disaster, IMO. In the Summer I was in a few restaurants and many staff couldn't seem to manage correct mask wearing.

As someone mentioned NPHET advised against that.

corks finest · 31-01-2021 2:52pm

Augeo wrote: »

Indeed, I do think the restaurants was a bad idea though, lots of folk frequented restaurants as they were open etc but sitting indoors in a busy room with 10s of other folk was not a good idea.

Any restaurant I walked past that you could see into were all doing the 1m table thing rather than the 2m distance and even at that loads of chairs from different tables were back to back like in normal times and the restaurants full, it looked grim as fnck from a covid viewpoint IMO.

Folk on busy streets were wearing masks and folk indoors in busy restaurants were of course not unless they were away from their table.

I always reckoned in door dining wasn't too bad but when the places are jammed full it's a disaster, IMO. In the Summer I was in a few restaurants and many staff couldn't seem to manage correct mask wearing.

As someone mentioned NPHET advised against that.

Must be hell wearing all that gear daily imagine the poor staff in the hospitals etc, 15 m wearing a face mask is hard can't contemplate doing a day's work in a warm environment

JP Liz V1 · 31-01-2021 3:44pm

The Covid app says HSE are not testing close contacts

ACitizenErased · 31-01-2021 3:51pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The Covid app says HSE are not testing close contacts

Contacts are being tested officially since Friday, its all over the news, dont believe the app.

hans aus dtschl · 31-01-2021 3:59pm

corks finest wrote: »

Must be hell wearing all that gear daily imagine the poor staff in the hospitals etc, 15 m wearing a face mask is hard can't contemplate doing a day's work in a warm environment

For a lot of people being masked up is part of their job all day every day, all year every year.
I appreciate that some people find it uncomfortable no matter what they do to alleviate it, but I genuinely don't mind being gowned up.

The quality of the mask can make a difference: if it's pulling at your ears or pressed right into some part of your face it's bound to be uncomfortable. If you have a particular pain-point with the masks yourself, I would encourage you to try a few different ones if you have the option.

Pen Rua · 31-01-2021 4:15pm

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40217708.html?fbclid=IwAR2wgn8kOnCySH0nqGwWOqzTUqXtIVEhY9jL8keHuukmpkElEnCUjLo5t5M

Touching photos.

A 43-year-old who died within days of a Covid-19 diagnosis made his last journey through Kent Station yesterday as colleagues lined out to pay their final respects.

Donncha Corcoran had spent more than two decades working with Iarnód Éireann, initially as a chef and later as a train host.

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Donncha had lived with his father Dinny, sister Linda and niece Jessica in Pouladuff Road before succumbing to heart complications just over a week after a Covid-19 diagnosis.

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SleetAndSnow · 31-01-2021 6:37pm

87 in cork. Below 100. Long may it last

ACitizenErased · 31-01-2021 6:39pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

87 in cork. Below 100. Long may it last

Long time coming, thank god

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