Technical issues have complicated latest section of HSE’s vaccination programme

As many as 90 per cent of new cases in SA’s Gauteng province could be B.1.1.529

Some 1,000 procedures cancelled due to surge in cases, HSE chief says

Both inpatient and outpatient services have been severely hit, says Dr Francis Finucane

Paul Reid speculates behaviour may be due to ‘sense of security’ given people are vaccinated

Less than 100 beds free across the country as O’Connor warns of ‘very, very grim situation’

High number of children with breathing difficulties being admitted

Elective procedures to be cancelled if rise in Covid-19 numbers continues, says Reid

Health service owed €35m from cancelled ventilator order, Public Accounts Committee hears

Paul Reid says approximately 5% of overall cases in recent days involved fully vaccinated people

Surge in number of older, sicker patients attending EDs and admissions also rising

Medical card applications among areas affected in aftermath of cyberattack

Chief operations officer says just 30,000 of health service’s 80,000 IT devices cleaned so far

Appointments for about 7,000 patients a day being cancelled due to hack on IT systems

Cyberattack like ‘a missile dropped’ into health service with the impact unknown

Email access restored on 80,000 devices says official but outpatient services still impaired

No effort spared to resume medical services and restore HSE’s system, statement says

Detailed list of all changes to services and cancellations for every hospital issued

Gardaí strongly suspect the same criminal gang is involved in both ransomware attacks

Hospitals reverting to paper-based systems; ‘too early to say’ if patient data compromised

Some 250,000 shots given this week, with 2,000,000-dose milestone now surpassed

Hospitals reminded that bans on attending scans and births are not national policy

Referrals to hospital higher than at any point in last two years in wake of Covid-19 effect

Test positivity of up to 12% reported from some walk-in centres, with rates highest among the young

HSE chief says the single-dose jab is a ‘key part’ of State’s vaccine rollout programme

Projected benefits of vaccination against virus several weeks away, says HSE official

‘It shows just how effective vaccines are,’ says consultant, though HSE advises caution over data

Health authority says it does not know how many clergy live in congregated settings

Advocacy group for older people wants details on ‘mop-up’ Covid-19 vaccines

Challenge of supporting facilities experiencing outbreaks ‘very significant’, HSE says

Chief medical officer says ‘early signs of progress’ emerging but ‘long, long way to go’

Five residents at Droimnín Nursing Home in Stradbally died in less than a week

Acute hospital system under severe pressure after 156 further admissions in 24 hours

People will be able to travel outside their county and gather in homes from Friday

No cases of the flu have been recorded so far this winter, health briefing also told

Inspection found facility could not provide safe care to residents and was reliant on HSE

Supports being provided to 113 nursing homes and 31 residential disability centres

HSE wants to provide maximum protection from virus to frontline staff, Dáil group told

Seán Sherlock criticises health service for cost of contact-tracing, PPE and ICT advisors

One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says director