Coronavirus Part V - 34 cases in ROI, 16 in NI (as of 10 March) *Read warnings in OP*

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New case confirmed in Cork

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/second-cork-hospital-hit-with-covid-19-case-in-bon-secours-986546.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Second Cork hospital hit with Covid-19 case in Bon Secours
Second Cork hospital hit with Covid-19 case in Bon Secours

By Eoin English
Irish Examiner Reporter

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Sunday, March 08, 2020 - 05:19 PM
- with reporting from Noel Baker

Staff at Cork's Bon Secours Hospital have been told of a confirmed case of Covid-19, bringing to two the number of cases of the virus now in hospitals in the city.

A message sent to staff today said: "Bon Secours to all staff. We have a confirmed case of Covid-19. We are satisfied appropriate measures have been put in place.

"The Hospital continues to function as normal with visitor restrictions in place."

The message concluded that staff information systems will be held on Monday.

It comes as the HSE chief executive Paul Reid told RTÉ that some of the almost 100 staff at Cork University Hospital told to self-isolate last week after confirmation of a case of coronavirus in CUH will be returning to work.

Mr Reid said the staff who return would not be symptomatic and would be regularly tested and assessed.

He said the staff would need to return as there was a necessity to balance containment measures and the need to keep the health system functioning at a time when more confirmed cases are expected.

The latest case would bring to 20 the national total of confirmed cases of the virus here.

Meanwhile, the HSE has said it cannot dispute projections that 1.9 million people in the Republic of Ireland may fall ill with coronavirus.

A report in the Business Post says half of those people are expected to contract the virus over a three-week concentration burst.

However, the Health Service Executive also said that the modelling scenario has not been completed yet.

They pointed out that trends in Italy indicate large numbers of cases are possible.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The commercial world did not modify its behaviour, much less shut down completely, in the face of a much more bigger danger to health, air pollution. Nobody should expect an overnight change in how things are done.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200305135048.htm

Air pollution caused 8.8 million premature deaths worldwide in 2015. This corresponds to an average reduction in life expectancy per capita of 2.9 years. In comparison, tobacco smoking reduces the life expectancy by an average of 2.2 years (7.2 million deaths), HIV / AIDS by 0.7 years (1 million deaths), parasitic and vector-borne diseases such as malaria -- by 0.6 years (600,000 deaths). "Air pollution exceeds malaria as a cause of premature death by a factor of 19; it exceeds violence by a factor of 17 and HIV / AIDS by a factor of 9. Given the huge impact on public health and the global population, one could say that our results indicate an air pollution pandemic," said Jos Lelieveld, director at Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and first author of the study.