CoVid19 Part XII - 4,604 in ROI (137 deaths) 998 in NI (56 deaths)(04/04) **Read OP**

Local_Chap wrote: »

200 staff and 100 residents, surely that can't be right?

No it was 100 in total, 35% (or 70) staff tested positive

endainoz wrote: »

If it takes nearly two weeks to get results, and if you factor in the incubation period it absolutely could come from Cheltenham.

I said anyone showing symptoms from now on never mentioned anything about people waiting for tests or results

fr336 wrote: »

I'm guessing it wouldn't be too wise to get a takeaway such as a Domino's at the present time? Not because of contact with the driver, more infection via the food etc or am I being OTT?

Yeah I think the highest risk would be for whoever baked/packaged the pizza to be contaminated and leave some droplets on the food after cooking or on the inside of the box (ideally Dominos’s could give surgical masks to whomever takes the pizzas from the oven and puts them into the boxes to alleviate that risk, but I am not sure they can).

In the grand scheme of things and assuming you’re not getting them too often it is a fairly low risk. But it is there.

In relation to Dr Holohan speaking about contacts.

I have 1 at home...but in work I had 14 contacts in my 7 hour shift last night alone...yet we are "essential".

I have taken the steps to pretty much isolate myself in my day to day but have to go to work unless i want to get the sack

Cheekpieces wrote: »

Cause its absolute bull**** from the worst rag out there

Telegraph corroborates part of the Mail story
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/04/01/andrew-parker-bowles-coronavirus-diagnosis-sparks-fears-royals/

ecoli3136 wrote: »

Still only what, 11% or so too?

Higher I suspect, as they are not reaching their target number of tests.

kg703 wrote: »

My colleagues were at Cheltenham(working), some got symptoms straight away and one only started showing at the end of last week. A good few still sick. The worst comes towards the end for a lot.

Separately, my sister in laws symptoms started around the 11th March, was in contact with a confirmed case a week before that and just got a positive test result and was told to isolate until April 12th..... thats a month!

There has been one outlier case in China that had a infection to symptoms span of 49 days! ( maybe a mutation of Corona)

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Are we? The death toll will probably be in triple figures by tomorrow and the number in ICU will also be up. And we have a long way to go before hitting the peak.

According to the CMO we do not have that long to go at all.

People just can’t panic in the coming days when figures go up!

I think the variation in the number of cases could well be a result of timing differences in getting lab results...the 3 and 5 day averages are not showing dangerous levels of growth.

In addition the increases are probably the result of more stringent selection for testing and the higher percentage of positives reflect that this change of targeting is working.

Also deaths at 13 with a remarkably high median age of 92 whilst regrettable is not indicative of a problem that is going out of control.

All told I would think that they are reasonably happy with the situation in terms of the ability of the Health Service to cope.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Incredible story from China of the Americans snatching consignments of masks meant for France. They showed up with "wads of cash".

The supplies are now not going to France.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/face-masks-china-intended-france-101726494.html?__twitter_impression=true

Yep crazy story, I reported this in the morning and for some reason someone didn’t believe it.

If true (which it seems to be) it not only shows that Americans aren’t to be trusted related to this, but it also shows how desperate they are for PPE (the fact that they also accepted “humanitarian help” from Russia must have been a serious humiliation for many in the white house).