The Minister for Health has said that the rise in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases was being driven significantly by clusters of cases all around the country
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time, Stephen Donnelly said eight of these clusters were "quite significant" - four are in factories related to food processing and four of them are in direct provision centres.It comes after the Department of Health was notified of no new deaths related to Covid-19, and 45 additional confirmed cases. It is the fifth day in a row that no new fatalities have been reported.35 of the 45 cases notified today are among men, with the remainder among women.
What was really worrying public health officials, he said, was the rise in the number of community transmissions - where someone tests positive for the virus, but neither they nor public health officials know where they got it from. Meanwhile, there has been a significant Covid-19 outbreak among employees of the Kildare Chilling Company.
However, he cautioned that people need to be patient because the vaccines must be safe and effective and a vaccine "may not be the silver bullet" in controlling the virus.
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