CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) Read OP

holyhead · 20-03-2020 06:44PM

The UK economic help for their workers suggest this is going to last months. Frightening times. Not sure the Irish Govt will be able to match what the UK is doing. We have done well to keep the death rate so low but impossible to say whether we can maintain this.

Tippex · 20-03-2020 06:44PM

This is it wrote: »

Any link to the live feed?

https://www.rte.ie/player/onnow/66546216065 WHO on atm

Seamai · 20-03-2020 06:45PM

Italy had 627 death and almost 6000 new cases today!!, Sweet Mother of Jesus! What's going on there?

Stheno · 20-03-2020 06:45PM

This is it wrote: »

Fair enough, News Now has the Nuacht scheduled so wasn't sure. Thanks.

They'll cut across to it

Loafing Oaf · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is sayinf we're now 557. That's up from yesterday no?

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Seamai wrote: »

Italy had 627 death and almost 6000 new cases today!!, Sweet Mother of Jesus! What's going on there?

looks like over a month away from peaking at best

Shn99 · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is sayinf we're now 557. That's up from yesterday no?

Same as yesterday, todays numbers due any minute

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Seamai wrote: »

Italy had 627 death and almost 6000 new cases today!!, Sweet Mother of Jesus! What's going on there?

That number keeps changing. Was 15K for a while!

Tippex · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

The WHO have shipped 1.5m tests around the work DR Mike just said they need to scale it anywhere from 80 to 100 times over the next few months

kcools · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

The UK paying 80% of monthly wages up to £2.5k for those workers impacted is unreal. Makes our €203 a week (€880 a month) seem miniscule in comparison.

Don't think you're comparing apples with aples there. Isn't the €203 our unemployment assistance whereas the 80% thing is a grant to an employer to keep someone on, rather than lay them off?

mikeoc85 · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

Two idiots down here in Galway, were in Dubai (one of the busiest hubs in the world) and came back yesterday. No self isolation and now meeting frontline staff at the hospital. All for a cheap photo opp and some publicity

https://twitter.com/cleancutmeals/status/1240980916580814848?s=21

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is sayinf we're now 557. That's up from yesterday no?

That is yesterday's. Nothing from today yet.

namloc1980 · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

kcools wrote: »

Don't think you're comparing apples with aples there. Isn't the €203 our unemployment assistance whereas the 80% thing is a grant to an employer to keep someone on, rather than lay them off?

Sure. And we have nothing equivalent to that grant.

GM228 · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is sayinf we're now 557. That's up from yesterday no?

That's yesterday's figure!

Call Me Jimmy · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

BattleCorp wrote: »

It won't be the same trend, unfortunately.

The Italian idea of a lockdown isn't the same as the Chinese idea of a lockdown (or wasn't at the beginning) so it will be a good while before they get a hold on this.

Let's not forget that italy did it way later (in relative terms when ye have exponential growth going) than China and that I doubt italy are doing half as much of the technical things China did. Some of the stories about the use of technology to track patients and gather information were mind-blowing (they were obviously well set up for this, but even Singapore and South Korea appear to have taken this on board)

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

looks like over a month away from peaking at best

Nothing to suggest that. They need another week to see any effect of a lockdown

Touchee · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

The UK paying 80% of monthly wages up to £2.5k for those workers impacted is unreal. Makes our €203 a week (€880 a month) seem miniscule in comparison.

€200 is miniscule, it won’t cover half the rent if I lose my job. Poor response from the Government on supporting businesses and employees. Nothing has been done other than offering pay standard social welfare.

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 06:48PM

kcools wrote: »

Don't think you're comparing apples with aples there. Isn't the €203 our unemployment assistance whereas the 80% thing is a grant to an employer to keep someone on, rather than lay them off?

Yes sounds like that, once over the 2k grant those laid off workers get less than the 203 we get here

josip · 20-03-2020 06:49PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

The UK paying 80% of monthly wages up to £2.5k for those workers impacted is unreal. Makes our €203 a week (€880 a month) seem miniscule in comparison.

And by the time they're finished doing that, £2,500 will probably be worth about €1,500.

BorneTobyWilde · 20-03-2020 06:49PM

Dublin is epicentre in Ireland, and needs locking down like Wuhan. The free movement around country from Dublin is just dumb.

Harry Palmr · 20-03-2020 06:49PM

Twice today the needless use if masks by the public has been raised, hopefully people will stop asking about them.

namloc1980 · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

Touchee wrote: »

€200 is miniscule, it won’t cover half the rent if I lose my job. Poor response from the Government on supporting businesses and employees. Nothing has been done other than offering pay standard social welfare.

We don't have the financial resources to be honest to inject massive amounts of money into business and employees.

otnomart · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

So about 1 in 4.5 tests produced a positive.

Here about 1 in 40 tests produce a positive, although that ratio is closing.

Yep the prevalence is huge in Italy. The closer the ratio of tests to positives, the higher the prevalence, unless the testing is very targeted.

Here is a chart on: tests vs cases

https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/coronavirus/#box_6

bekker · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

landofthetree wrote: »

The Irish can only dream of what the Tories gives the Brits.

Free GP visits.
Free school books.
Lower income tax and no USC
Rail links to airports.
A much better train network.
Some of the world's best universities.
Etc etc.

An apparent ignorance of history and politics is undoubtedly an asset in making ridiculous claims. Tories give???

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Dublin is epicentre in Ireland, and needs locking down like Wuhan. The free movement around country from Dublin is just dumb.

cork and limerick have high numbers

TheValeyard · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

What time does boards crash today at?

BorneTobyWilde · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

Cannot treat whole country as a whole, lockdown Dublin asap. No one in or out, except freight

fritzelly · 20-03-2020 06:50PM

126 new cases

VM1 News

20-03-2020 06:51PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Dublin is epicentre in Ireland, and needs locking down like Wuhan. The free movement around country from Dublin is just dumb.

I think it’s more the movement into Dublin from outside....

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 06:51PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Dublin is epicentre in Ireland, and needs locking down like Wuhan. The free movement around country from Dublin is just dumb.

Never miss an opportunity to Dublin bash... even in a pandemic

I think free movement out of and into Dublin should be banned altogether. :pac:

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CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) Read OP