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

dan786 wrote: »

A second case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Ireland tonight.

The case concerns a female in the east of Ireland who travelled from Northern Italy.

Officials say it is not unexpected and Ireland remains on containment with no community transmission.

Up to yesterday, 397 people have been tested and the results have been negative with the exceptions of the two confirmed cases.

No decision has been made on the St Patrick's Day festival but it is understood senior officials will introduce guildance on mass attendance events in coming days.

Does this mean that it is connected to the first case?

gabeeg wrote: »

In China they discovered they could test for the virus by doing chest scans. Coronavirus leaves some sort of honey-comb effect on the tissue of lungs, among other signature traits.

If you still have remnants of a cough, you could in theory get a scan and they might be able to confirm your hunch.

I sincerely doubt Covid-19 was loose around Ireland in December though. The place would be in tatters by now.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/

With all due respect so much wrong with this...

jackboy wrote: »

Does this mean that it is connected to the first case?

No separate case

A woman in the east?
Right I'm going to avoid all women in the east starting tomorrow

BBC News - Coronavirus: Iran temporarily frees 54,000 prisoners to combat spread
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51723398

There must have been confirmed cases in the prison system otherwise they would have simply cancelled visits and intakes/releases.

Its crazy to think that releasing 54k prisoners was the lesser of two evils!!!

for what it's worth just had a look at the cso and population demographics for ireland
so it looks like currently 19% of the population are aged 60 and over.
so 19% of the total population are in the higher risk group for this virus.


https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/pme/populationandmigrationestimatesapril2019/

Duke of Url wrote: »

Second case of coronavirus confirmed in east of country

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0303/1119921-coronavirus/

Yes but not related to first case.

WTF more needs to happen for the idiots in Leinster house to stop flights coming into this country from Italy?

3 cases on this island. All three of which originated from someone travelling from Italy.

The minds boggles.

dan786 wrote: »

Here
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0303/1119908-coronavirus-tracker/

Is the virus tracker like the santa tracker?

stephenjmcd wrote: »

No surprise that there is another one. Linked to travel to northern Italy again.

2 cases wont change HSE strategy but it should see flights to Italy halted

Flights to and from Italy needs to be stopped

Duke of Url wrote: »

Leo Varadkar seems more concerned with the Irish Economy then Irish Health based on what I’m reading today on RTE.

He’s really not good at addressing the concerns of the Irish People.

For a doctor I thought he could read the situation better.

Its all risk assessment/appetite really. Shutting us down fully and making ****e of the economy earlier than needed could lead to more signifant problems. If it ends up in like the dark says of 10-12 years ago with huge uneplyment, social problems, mental health issues ect and all the grim knock on effects of all that. Its all a tricky balancing act with battling against a virus that probably will still spread no matter what eventually. Not easy decisions for anyone really.

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Is the virus tracker like the santa tracker?

Yeah, but you dont want these presents.