Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

smelly sock wrote: »

I'd go as far as to say that there should be international sanctions imposed on them at this rate.

Sanctions on the country that's manufacturing and distributing almost all the world's PPE, on the cusp of the greatest global economic catastrophe in modern history. Righty-oh then.

Kivaro wrote: »

The Chinese did themselves.
They under-reported the deaths in Wuhan city by 50%.
Nice round number they came up with, right?

My question was about the UK not China.

Ireland has contained and effectively suppressed coronavirus in the population at large, a tribute to early and successful action by authorities and the public.

The bad news is the pandemic continues to wreak havoc in care homes which account for more than 300 of the 486 recorded deaths. “The data clearly shows that there are two very different experiences of Covid-19 in Ireland today,” the chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, told a media briefing.

The daily number of deaths nationwide reached a new high of 43 on Thursday but the number of new cases of Covid-19 has plateaued and should soon fall, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team.

Since 3 April the growth rate in new cases has been close to zero and the number in intensive care units has stabilised. The reproduction number of the disease is now estimated at 0.7 to 1, a steep fall from the outset of the pandemic when an infected person infected around 4.5 other people.

However almost one-third of nursing homes have the Covid-19 virus, according to the Health Information and Quality Authority. Some experts are calling it a catastrophe.

Separately, there is concern that earlier this week almost 200 fruit pickers flew from Bulgaria to Dublin on a Ryanair flight that allegedly lacked social distancing measures on board.

Irish media cited a letter from purporting to be from a Ryanair employee which said the chartered flight put cabin crew at risk. Some politicians complained, saying it made no sense to import seasonal workers in the teeth of a pandemic when people in Ireland could not travel more than 2km from home.

Hooked wrote: »

Just not good enough... We're all playing our part. They've had what, 5 weeks to get the testing sorted. Lucky we all stayed home and helped them out - or testing would be the least of their worries!

The longer this goes on - the less confident I am in the "powers that be".

How long do you imagine it takes to get a system in place? Consider the three phases, physical testing, analysis, reporting and contact tracing. To that mix add having required supplies including chemicals guaranteed so that the system can provide support for the 15000 daily target they have set themselves.

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Unless I misread, that says nothing at all about the UK government admitting that Coronavirus deaths are greatly under reported. Perhaps you could quote where the article does?

'The Pandemic Multi-Agency Response Teams (Pmart), began work in the capital last week amid projections that around one third of suspected coronavirus deaths could happen outside hospitals.'

It's projected by this government body that up to a third of deaths occurred outside the home, which would mean they're unreported. So they are now going about accurately reporting the large number of unreported dead by collecting all the bodies

wakka12 wrote: »

'The Pandemic Multi-Agency Response Teams (Pmart), began work in the capital last week amid projections that around one third of suspected coronavirus deaths could happen outside hospitals.'

It's projected by this government body that up to a third of deaths occurred outside the home, which would mean they're unreported, and are now being collected . So they are now going about accurately reporting the large number of unreported dead

About time. I look forward to Johnson standing up and admitting that they hid the real figures all along.

is_that_so wrote: »

All they are saying is that it is not their recommendation, they want everyone on the same page. There was also a comment last night about what NHs are telling families of residents.

Yep they wanted consistent implementation of recommendations from NPHET. Otherwise every nursing home, industry, sporting association, retailer etc etc would be off on solo runs. All of us moving through stages at the same time was important.

hmmm wrote: »

Some interesting antibody results beginning to emerge
https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/a-robbio-pv-il-22-ha-o-ha-avuto-il-coronavirus-ok-del-sindaco-ai-test-per-tutti_17285128-202002a.shtml

Isn't there some kind of announcement or report imminent from HIQA/NEPHT on this?

babybuilder wrote: »

This is far more serious than spitting in a guards face. Yet no sanction or no investigation.

Yep, let's lock up all of NEPHT for restating their position.

wakka12 wrote: »

So china literally admits the death toll until now in its epicentre was underrepresented by half . Unbelievable that WHO bare face lied to the world saying there's no reason to believe china lied about its figures and that they seemed legitimate

And all the posters saying it was impossible for China to cover up tjodands of deaths in this day and age..if it smells like bull**** it's because it usually is!

China are probably still lying about their figures, even with this change of their death toll. Doubtful we'll ever hear the true figures from them.

WHO have lost credibilty because of their attitude towards China and the statements they've come out with since the initial outbreak was being reported in China.

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

gilead drug trial looks like we found the cure!!!

Ok, not quite, but very promising early data! Remdesivir was a big hope all along.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16/early-peek-at-data-on-gilead-coronavirus-drug-suggests-patients-are-responding-to-treatment/