Coronavirus Part III - 9 cases across the Island - 503 errors abound!! *read OP*

appledrop wrote: »

Can the title of this thread be changed to reflect the fact that the 2nd case in Rep if Ireland has now been confirmed as secondary school pupil + school to close for 2 weeks.

How often would you like the title changed?

Galadriel wrote: »

Maybe it's a mixed school?

It is now actually. Used to be a girls school years ago. I've deleted my post.

Runaways wrote: »

Won’t let me reply with pics. But go fvck yourself basically. This isn’t funny but enjoy the air behind your keyboard while you can.

You can upload pics via tinypic.com, happy to do it for you and/or post any links you want.

fritzelly wrote: »

Where are you getting second case - there is only one case

There is a second case! We have the man who was 1st person to get it in the Republic + now a pupil in secondary school who returned from Italy(I'm presuming from a school tour)has it. Just confirmed by Irish Times 5 mins ago.

appledrop wrote: »

There is a second case! We have the man who was 1st person to get it in the Republic + now a pupil in secondary school who returned from Italy(I'm presuming from a school tour)has it. Just confirmed by Irish Times 5 mins ago.

Do you have a link?
I can't see anything confirming there are two separate cases. i.e the same case

appledrop wrote: »

2 cases! Man was first + 5 mins ago secondary school student confirmed!

FFS it’s the same case. That’s the reason the school is closed!

appledrop wrote: »

2 cases! Man was first + 5 mins ago secondary school student confirmed!

The man that everybody was talking about is in fact a teenager perhaps?

appledrop wrote: »

2 cases! Man was first + 5 mins ago secondary school student confirmed!

A Dublin school with 400 pupils is to close for two weeks after one of its students was confirmed as having the coronavirus.

The teenager, who is the first person in the Republic to test positive for the virus, became ill in recent days after returning from Italy and is in isolation in Dublin hospital.

Public health officials have ordered the closure of the school in order to minimise the risk of person-to-person transmission of the disease.

The decision was announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team on Sunday evening.

The team announced the first confirmed case of the virus in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday night. Another case was confirmed in a patient in Northern Ireland earlier this week. That woman had also travelled from Italy and passed through Dublin airport. The Dublin-Belfast train was later sanitised as a precautionary measure as it was believed the woman travelled home on it.

Low risk
It is understood the risk to other pupils in the Dublin school is considered low but the closure has been ordered on a precautionary basis. Students are being told to self-isolate at home and to indicate if they start showing any symptoms.

Public health officials plan to maintain daily contact with the students by phone, and will ask them to indicate by text whether they are showing symptoms.

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Parents were being informed of the closure on Sunday evening and a helpline for affected people is being set up.

There is no justification for any other schools closing due to concerns over Covit-19, public health officials have advised. No new cases have been confirmed in Ireland today.

The Department of Health released the following statement on Sunday evening:

“Contact Tracing of the confirmed Covid-19 case, in the East of Ireland, has identified and made contact with a secondary school. The principal, staff and parents of pupils of this school have been notified. Following risk assessment, all pupils and teachers are being treated as close contacts of the confirmed case.



The school will close for the duration of the incubation period, which is 14 days.

All pupils and teachers are being asked to restrict their movements until the end of the incubation period and will receive guidance on the meaning of ‘restricted movements’.

Public health doctors will actively follow-up with all students and teachers on a daily basis over the coming 14 days.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, said: “Contact tracing has assessed that close contacts of this patient includes pupils and teachers of a secondary school. Public health doctors are in direct contact with pupils, their parents and the staff involved.

“Patient confidentiality in this case, and in all cases, should be respected. The Department of Health will provide updated information as necessary.”

The Department of Education said: “The Department of Education is available to assist the school in any way necessary. The Departments of Education and Health are in regular contact. The closing of this school was a decision made on public health grounds after risk assessment deemed it appropriate. All other schools will remain open. The Departments will continue to communicate with all schools on this issue.”

Covid-19 is spread through close contact with an infected person’s body fluids (e.g. droplets from coughing or sneezing), or by touching surfaces that an infected person has coughed or sneezed on.

The general public is advised to follow advice from the HSE and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to protect their health.

This is the same one as from last night the reporting of it has been made a mess of as I see it from last night

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Will employers ask staff to WFH soon or no chance of that?

I think it's likely very soon, a week or two for the more forward-thinking employers who can do it.