Galway COVID-19, local news and discussion

GerardKeating

Costa Coffee and SubWay closing all UK and IE outlets today.

zell12

zell12

What are the the testing locations?
UCHG
Docks
Renmore community centre
Galway airport

Are there any in county? Or are they travelling to town?

I did some quick calculations based on the existing cases and daily new cases.

Looking at Worldometer for Ireland, they show the graph below



Pulling out the numbers from 07 Mar to present, its an average value of 1.283 for the average daily increase in the numbers



Anything above 1 (orange line) means the volume of cases reported daily is increasing compared to previous day, below means less than the previous day. We are trending down since 14 Mar but, IMO, its not going down fast enough.

Extrapolating that out, you get the numbers looking like this for the next 10 days for the volume of new cases each day



In terms of total cases, that looks like this



Note, this is the case if things remain as they are, running at an average increase of 1.283 per day. Obviously things are better if we can get that number lower however if we keep tracking this way, we'll reach saturation for the health system before mid April

This is the curve

zell12

22/03/20 33 confirmed cases in Co Galway

jk23

Just seen a photo from a guy on twitter of the queue for McDonalds on the headford road, it's actually very sad and the queue is quite tame compared to other places in Ireland and the UK...

https://twitter.com/GalwayWalks/status/1242151707020333060?s=20

JCX BXC

Eh, live and let live, it's a drive through so very little risk of the spread of infection.

jk23

JCX BXC wrote: »

Eh, live and let live, it's a drive through so very little risk of the spread of infection.

Not really concentrated on the infection part, more the fact that there is a huge queue and a rush to get to McDonalds before it closes!! Very sheep like mentality

Bullocks

JCX BXC wrote: »

Eh, live and let live, it's a drive through so very little risk of the spread of infection.

I wouldn't like to be the one serving out through the hatch all the same

flazio

So, McDonald's is now closed, Supermacs on Thursday. Any word on KFC? The last drive thru in Galway?

biko

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0322/1124722-mcdonalds/

"Therefore we have taken the decision to close every restaurant in the UK and Ireland by 7pm on Monday 23 March at the latest."

JCX BXC

biko wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0322/1124722-mcdonalds/

"Therefore we have taken the decision to close every restaurant in the UK and Ireland by 7pm on Monday 23 March at the latest."

You're a bit late with that biko.......

biko

Someone needed to add an actual source...

45mhrc7evo1d3n

zell12 wrote: »

What are the the testing locations?
UCHG
Docks
Renmore community centre
Galway airport

Are there any in county? Or are they travelling to town?

I believe there is, or will be, a testing centre in Craughwell.

obi604

Saige Sparse Storyteller wrote: »

I believe there is, or will be, a testing centre in Craughwell.

Any lad in Connemara etc has a decent way to come.

mjp

obi604 wrote:

Any lad in Connemara etc has a decent way to come.

He obviously goes to nearest test site which is UCHG.

obi604

mjp wrote: »

He obviously goes to nearest test site which is UCHG.

Well yeah. But still a bit of a trek.

obi604

obi604 wrote: »

Well yeah. But still a bit of a trek.

No doubt there will be something setup in Clifden at some point, but regardless people are going to have to drive to get tested. Those unable to do so will be tested at home

fran38

Any barbers still operating lads?

fran38

fran38 wrote: »

Any barbers still operating lads?

Only the stupid ones

fran38

Deleted User wrote: »

Only the stupid ones

Agreed but i still need the ol gruaig cut

obi604

fran38 wrote: »

Agreed but i still need the ol gruaig cut

Life or death decision?!?

Ficheall

obi604 wrote: »

Life or death decision?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8

ChewyLouie

fran38 wrote: »

Agreed but i still need the ol gruaig cut

On another thread you were ready to kick tenants out for not wiping down all surfaces...

fran38 wrote: »

It's even got to the stage where I could very easily give them their notice if they don't cop on to the dangers. Overreaction maybe but I need to lookout for my health etc

You've asking the same question on 3 regional forums. Don't feed the troll.

Andrew00

Same as that in desperate need of a trim

pjohnson

Fine I'll start doing house calls. €5,000 for a trim €10,000 for a shave.

Andrew00

Andrew00 wrote: »

Same as that in desperate need of a trim

I gave the wife the trimmer and let her loose, I'm calling it the #CoronaCut

Zzippy

pjohnson wrote: »

Fine I'll start doing house calls. €5,000 for a trim €10,000 for a shave.

Would you take two rolls of Andrea double ply and a squirt of hand sanitiser?

fran38

fran38 wrote: »

Agreed but i still need the ol gruaig cut

Its tough luck is the reality, not worth the risk for either you or a barber. There will be a lot of things like this that will have to be done without over the coming weeks and months.

I made it my business to get a hair cut the weekend before things really kicked off and even then I felt a bit uneasy no way would I chance it now even if one was open.

biko

For anyone not following the covid forum
https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0324/1124966-cabinet-coronavirus/

The closure of all non-essential retail outlets was one of a number of new Covid-19 restrictions announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at a press conference this afternoon.

From midnight tonight, all theatres, clubs, gyms and hairdressers have been ordered to shut. Restaurants have been ordered to restrict their services to take-away only.

Non-essential retail outlets have been ordered to close, with the government providing a list of essential retail outlets which can remain open. Those that remain open must adhere to social distancing guidelines.

The restrictions have been extended by a further three weeks until Sunday 19 April.