Fintan O’Toole: Official messaging on pandemic a mess
Coalition has swung from obsessive control of the message to what is now a free for all
Constitutional rights of women in mandatory quarantine breached, court told
State denies mandatory hotel quarantine is unconstitutional
Wide use of rapid Covid tests recommended by expert group, but members are split
‘Majority report’ is in favour of mass rollout of antigen tests, possibly in schools by September
Donnelly promises to publish report on use of rapid antigen testing ‘soon’
Report expected to green-light use of Covid test to monitor outbreaks
Who are the NPHET members overseeing Ireland’s response to Covid-19?
Team of medical experts and health service chiefs have been advising Government on navigating crisis
Varadkar urges flu vaccine uptake among at-risk groups
Medical staff should have to tell patients whether they have been vaccinated, says Minister
Four-fold rise in flu cases prompts warning from HSE
Health Protection Surveillance Centre says flu circulating but vaccines offer good protection
Flu caused 726 excess deaths among over-65s last winter
Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s report shows fall in cases of measles and tuberculosis, but incrase in mumps and HIV
Flu vaccine advised for high-risk groups after doubling of cases
Rates rise from 15.5 per 100,000 to 29 during second week of January
Ireland has ‘low risk’ of an Ebola case, says surveillance centre
HSPC confident protocols are in place should deadly disease reach Ireland
Tests continue on suspected Ebola victim
Local man says he was speaking to victim at a festival in Mountcharles last week
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In western countries Ebola is confined to thrillers and horror movies, but the biggest outbreak of the disease has health workers worried that the virus will get out of control
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