Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr ronan_glynn says 'unfortunately while the situation seems to be improving and stabilising' in Kildare, it is still too early to relax the localised measures |
The Acting Chief Medical Officer has said that while the coronavirus situation is improving in Kildare, the number of cases has not stabilised to a point to enable a lifting of restrictions at this point.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has previously said that while the restrictions in Co Kildare are working, the difficult question for NPHET to consider is if the infection rate has been reduced enough, as lifting restrictions could cause it to increase again. Overnight figures show a small rise in the number of confirmed cases of the disease in hospital to 28, up two on earlier yesterday.The number of suspected cases in hospital has reduced from to 102 from 181.
"My hope will be if we can get control of the virus we can maintain the current level and bring it right back down," she said. Children aged 6 to 11 will be encouraged to wear face masks if a lot of virus is circulating in the community. He said it was agreed that children aged 12 and over should adopt the universal precautions that adults adopt, including wearing a face covering.
He said that children under five are excluded from the advice as it is still not clear how Covid-19 impacts this age group or is spread by such young children. The CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland said "serial testing" of staff for Covid 19 continues across nursing homes on a fortnightly basis.
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