St Patrick's Day parades have been
cancelled in Dublin, Cork and Waterford today following concerns over the
coronavirus.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee dealing with the Coronavirus decided to cancel the St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin after meeting this morning.
It follows an announcement from Cork City Council to cancel their parade. The Cork parade is the second largest in the country with up to 2,000 people taking part and can attract up to 50,000 onlookers.
The St Patrick's Day parade was also cancelled in Waterford city.
Mayor of Waterford Cllr John Pratt said he is "disappointed" but that it is "the right decision and one which is made in the best interests of our people and visitors".
The move follows
the cancellation of the parades in Dungarvan and Cappoquin elsewhere in County
Waterford.
The Kilkenny city parade has also been cancelled. Parades due to take place in Carrick-on-Suir and Cashel have been cancelled, while a decision is expected from Tipperary town tonight.
The parades in Letterkenny and Buncrana in Co Donegal have also been cancelled.
Organised by the local Chamber of Commerce, the decision to cancel was taken in "the interests of the health and well-being of our community".
On Friday, Youghal in Co Cork was the first town to cancel its parade over health concerns.
Opposition party leaders are currently meeting the Taoiseach in Government Buildings.
A press conference
is expected to take place in Government Buildings later today.
So far, 21 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland.
The new cases announced last night in the Republic are community transmissions - a male is in intensive care at the Bon Secours private hospital in Cork, and a female in the east of the country is very ill.
More than 1,000 people have now been tested for the virus in the Republic.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann said 222 people have now been tested in the North for Covid-19, with 12 positive cases so far.
Of the five most recent cases announced last night, he said two of the patients had recently travelled in northern Italy.
The remaining three cases "can be traced to previously reported cases that involved recent travel to northern Italy".
One of the patients is a secondary school pupil. Mr Swann said the pupil's school, and a primary school that shares the same site, have received advice from the Public Health Agency.
In a statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the minister said contact tracing for all five individuals "is at an advanced stage".
Due to the evolving situation, he said his department will now move to daily reporting of cases.
Around 80% of cases of Covid-19 will be a mild to moderate illness, close to 14% have severe disease and around 6% are critical.
Generally, people need to be 15 minutes or more in the vicinity of an infected person, within 1-2 metres, to be considered at-risk or a close contact.
Earlier today, Minister for Health Simon Harris said there is a moderate-to-high risk that Ireland will follow a pattern seen in other EU countries with regard to the Covid-19 outbreak such as Italy, France and Germany.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Harris said the coronavirus situation was very serious and was going to require not just a whole of government approach, but a whole of society approach.
The minister said he wanted people to know that every decision taken would not be political, saying it would be taken on public health advice.
Mr Harris added that the best possible way of dealing with the virus was to slow its spread. He said this involves good hygiene and efforts to encourage people to work from home.
Mr Harris said that new beds in the healthcare system will be funded and efforts to increase capacity, including making it more flexible to recruit more workers, will be made.
Mr Harris said the Cabinet sub-committee would make a decision on reducing the wait period for social welfare payments, for those who are told to self-isolate.
He said the decision to isolate coronavirus cases in hospitals rather than self-isolate at home is a clinical call, and currently allows health professionals an opportunity to study the virus, which is new.
Meanwhile, Sinn
Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that politicians should be providing
leadership during the coronavirus outbreak, and that discussion of a government
of "national unity" was a "bit of distraction".
It comes after Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan said that he would "go along" with the idea of a national government to deal with the coronavirus.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O’Rourke, Ms McDonald said it was necessary that political leaders are fully informed and fully engaged, and that it was not enough for leaders of political parties to be informed "through press releases and the media".
The latest data from the World Health Organization is that Covid-19 has an estimated global mortality rate of 3.4%.
Yesterday, the Health Service Executive said that it cannot dispute projections that 1.9 million people in the Republic of Ireland may fall ill with coronavirus.
But it said that the modelling scenario is not completed yet.
Meanwhile, Irish
citizens are being advised not to travel to certain areas of northern Italy as
significant parts of the country have gone into lockdown to try to stop the
spread of the coronavirus.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised against travel to the region of Lombardy and to 14 other provinces that have been placed in isolation.
It is also advising against non-essential travel to the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Piedmont, and Le Marche where there have been outbreaks of Covid-19.
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The Cabinet Sub-Committee dealing with the Coronavirus decided to cancel the St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin after meeting this morning.
It follows an announcement from Cork City Council to cancel their parade. The Cork parade is the second largest in the country with up to 2,000 people taking part and can attract up to 50,000 onlookers.
The St Patrick's Day parade was also cancelled in Waterford city.
Mayor of Waterford Cllr John Pratt said he is "disappointed" but that it is "the right decision and one which is made in the best interests of our people and visitors".
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The Kilkenny city parade has also been cancelled. Parades due to take place in Carrick-on-Suir and Cashel have been cancelled, while a decision is expected from Tipperary town tonight.
The parades in Letterkenny and Buncrana in Co Donegal have also been cancelled.
Organised by the local Chamber of Commerce, the decision to cancel was taken in "the interests of the health and well-being of our community".
On Friday, Youghal in Co Cork was the first town to cancel its parade over health concerns.
Opposition party leaders are currently meeting the Taoiseach in Government Buildings.
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| A St Patrick's Day Parade In Dublin. |
So far, 21 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland.
The new cases announced last night in the Republic are community transmissions - a male is in intensive care at the Bon Secours private hospital in Cork, and a female in the east of the country is very ill.
More than 1,000 people have now been tested for the virus in the Republic.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann said 222 people have now been tested in the North for Covid-19, with 12 positive cases so far.
Of the five most recent cases announced last night, he said two of the patients had recently travelled in northern Italy.
The remaining three cases "can be traced to previously reported cases that involved recent travel to northern Italy".
One of the patients is a secondary school pupil. Mr Swann said the pupil's school, and a primary school that shares the same site, have received advice from the Public Health Agency.
In a statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the minister said contact tracing for all five individuals "is at an advanced stage".
Due to the evolving situation, he said his department will now move to daily reporting of cases.
Around 80% of cases of Covid-19 will be a mild to moderate illness, close to 14% have severe disease and around 6% are critical.
Generally, people need to be 15 minutes or more in the vicinity of an infected person, within 1-2 metres, to be considered at-risk or a close contact.
Earlier today, Minister for Health Simon Harris said there is a moderate-to-high risk that Ireland will follow a pattern seen in other EU countries with regard to the Covid-19 outbreak such as Italy, France and Germany.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Harris said the coronavirus situation was very serious and was going to require not just a whole of government approach, but a whole of society approach.
The minister said he wanted people to know that every decision taken would not be political, saying it would be taken on public health advice.
Mr Harris added that the best possible way of dealing with the virus was to slow its spread. He said this involves good hygiene and efforts to encourage people to work from home.
Mr Harris said that new beds in the healthcare system will be funded and efforts to increase capacity, including making it more flexible to recruit more workers, will be made.
Mr Harris said the Cabinet sub-committee would make a decision on reducing the wait period for social welfare payments, for those who are told to self-isolate.
He said the decision to isolate coronavirus cases in hospitals rather than self-isolate at home is a clinical call, and currently allows health professionals an opportunity to study the virus, which is new.
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It comes after Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan said that he would "go along" with the idea of a national government to deal with the coronavirus.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O’Rourke, Ms McDonald said it was necessary that political leaders are fully informed and fully engaged, and that it was not enough for leaders of political parties to be informed "through press releases and the media".
The latest data from the World Health Organization is that Covid-19 has an estimated global mortality rate of 3.4%.
Yesterday, the Health Service Executive said that it cannot dispute projections that 1.9 million people in the Republic of Ireland may fall ill with coronavirus.
But it said that the modelling scenario is not completed yet.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised against travel to the region of Lombardy and to 14 other provinces that have been placed in isolation.
It is also advising against non-essential travel to the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Piedmont, and Le Marche where there have been outbreaks of Covid-19.
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