The Chief Executive of the HSE has said there is no indication yet that Ireland is at a peak of Covid-19 cases
"We have no indications that we are at the peak of this just yet ...that's not what we're all experiencing, what we're seeing in the community. It's not what we're seeing in the daily case numbers.
Mr Reid said that the sharp escalation in Covid-19 cases has placed healthcare systems under great pressure, both from the impact of cases being hospitalised and from staff shortages related to Covid-19 infection or contact. Damien McCallion, Health Service Executive Vaccination Lead, said the HSE is still running capacity of over 300,000 PCR tests a week, but expects challenges to remain.
Access to PCR testing "remains a challenge", the HSE's head of testing and tracing has told @morningireland. People in that age cohort with Covid-19 symptoms are being asked to book an antigen test with the HSE rather than a PCR test. There were 30,000 registrations on the first day that the Covid-19 vaccine portal opened for all children aged 5-11, according to Damien McCallion. The HSE's vaccination lead said they are 'very happy' with this figure | Read more Covid-19 coverage: https://t.co/Jn8JMrG9GD pic.twitter.com/lmiDs6Bcgb
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19: 16,986 new cases reported in Ireland | NewstalkThe five-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases now stands at 19,600 - nearly double what it was this day last week.
Read more »
Children aged five to 11 can now get a Covid-19 vaccine in IrelandChildren will be offered a smaller dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and will need a second jab around three weeks later. HSE says that clinical trials showed this vaccine is 'highly effective' at preventing Covid-19 in children. COVID19Ireland
Read more »
804 in hospital with Covid-19 as 16,986 cases reportedThe Department of Health has been notified of a further 16,986 cases of Covid19. The number of patients in hospital with the coronavirus has risen to 87 to 804, while the number of people in ICU has risen six, to 93.
Read more »
Irish parents can now register children aged five to 11 for Covid-19 vaccines'Though serious illness from Covid-19 is rare in this age group, they are even less likely to become seriously ill with Covid-19 if they are vaccinated'
Read more »