This afternoon.
Via The Irish Times:
The patient died earlier today in a hospital in the east of the country, where they were been treated in recent days.
It is understood the patient initally presented with respiratory symptoms and was later diagnosed with the disease when staff decided to perform a test.
The female patient is understood to be elderly and was suffering from underlying conditions.
Coronavirus: Ireland records first death in patient with Covid-19 (irish Times)
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That’s so awful… really tragic. My thoughts are with their family and friends.
I really think they need to just put everything on lock-down for a few weeks at least as Martin from the tortoise shack said, it would be an open goal for them with schools as the Easter holidays coming up. It’s now time for everyone to take collective responsibility and lets just get on with it caretaker minister… put the country on lock down.
+1
Rest In Peace- unfortunately, he or she may be the first but will not be the last.
I have posted this before but worth repeating- Poland will close down schools, universities and cultural institutions, introducing an “effective quarantine,” ministers have announced- even though, as of today, they only have 25 cases.
It doesn’t have to be a total lock down but any measures taken are better than none.
the Dutch are just about to, apparently they’re getting hammered
one of my mates on Erasmus was sent home yesterday, Uni closed indefinitely
We’ll do want we always do. act when it’s too late
Poland have decided to close all schools, universities and public buildings from today for 2 weeks.
They have only 25 reported cases.
Whilst Ireland is asleep at the wheel!
and there’s a rake of it incoming this weekend….Cheltenham Abú!!
I hope each and every one of them are shamed for the risk they are about to exercise upon their local communities, but shur€ the winnings will be of some comfort I suppose. stupid c—s.
hm, any politicians stupid enough to show their faces over there yet? or is it just the (presumably immune) great and good of Irish society?
RIP
But…I’M from the EAST of the country too!!! Gulp!!!
I hope you’ve stocked up on loo roll.
When this is all over there is the some serious studies to be done on infectious disease control. Reduction in close contacts and screening is by far the best way of containing this and, the sooner it begins the better so- once more for Jesus- Professor John Crown on The Tonight Show last night.
Lock everything down NOW.
https://twitter.com/TonightVMTV/status/1237533886587920384
I suggest that all those returning from Cheltenham are sent to Punchestown racecourse, send snipers over from the Curragh Camp and quarantine them for 40 days.
This
RIP.
Ah that’s sad, RIP. Their poor family cannot provide a proper send-off either.
And imagine being the tourist or business traveler, who went to Italy and came back and infected this person.
These are dark days. Hopefully treatments and a vaccine can be developed and tested soon.
That’s awful, RIP.
Are we going to be told how she contracted it? Had she been in contact with someone who had travelled to an affected area? Or has community contagion begun?
Rest in peace, my lady! And may your family find surcease from their pain.