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More than 500 patients were transferred from hospitals to nursing homes at the height of the pandemic. Ireland has had the second highest death rate in care settings in the world with 1,030 victims.

This morning.

Further to the Government’s plan to permit the phrased re-introduction of visits to nursing homes and care facilities from June 15….

Dr Marcus de Brun writes:

Opening nursing homes to the public next week is potentially disastrous and simply repeats the recent mistakes that have led to so many deaths. I have sent this letter to Minister Harris today. However, I expect it to be ignored, as the elderly have been ignored to date.

Previously: Elderly Lives

‘Livestock’

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Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, at a briefing last night

Last night

Asymptomatic transmission refers to transmission of the virus from a person, who does not develop symptoms.

Meanwhile….

“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual. It’s very rare.”

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove (above), head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, at a news briefing from the United Nations agency’s Geneva headquarters yesterday.

Anyone?

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says (CNBC)

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Update:

Um.

Meanwhile…

Good times.

CEO of IBEC Danny McCoy

This morning from 11am.

The Special Committee on Covid-19 Response will meet and hold three sessions.

Between 11am and 1pm, Dr Cillian De Gascun, Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory, and Professor Philip Nolan, president of the NUI Maynooth will go before the committee.

Between 2pm and 4pm, the CEO of IBEC Danny McCoy and CEO of ISME Neil McDonnell will address the politicians.

Mr McCoy is expected to call for the immediate removal of Covid-19 quarantine restrictions and the reduction of the two-metre social distancing guideline to one metre.

Between 4.30pm and 6.30pm, the CEO of Enterprise Ireland Julie Sinnamon and Secretary General of DBEI Dr Orlaigh Quinn will go before the committee.

Today’s appearances before the committee follow more than 1,000 Irish researchers signing an open letter to the Government yesterday, calling for an extension of lockdown restrictions in order to “crush the curve”.

Ibec calls for halving of two metre social distance rule (Business Post)

UPDATE:

Fáilte Ireland Covid-19 Support Hub


This afternoon.

Grafton Street, Dublin 2.

Earlier: Some Assembly Required

Go Forth And Multibuy

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Meanwhile….

Previously: Jacks On The Green

“sup.

This morning.

Killiney, County Dublin.

Carlosfandango writes:

Mr Hugh (above) and Lette (to) get to see the sea from the top of Killiney Hill Park. Again.

Your pet out of lockdown to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet Out Of Lockdown’.

Clean up this morning in Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England

On Saturday, the precise anniversary of D-Day, the statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was defaced with graffiti.

It had also been defaced a few days earlier, and it was defaced again on Sunday when the word “racist” was sprayed across it. On the same day, someone climbed the Cenotaph around the corner in Whitehall and attempted to burn the Union Flag decorating it.

So what extraordinary powerful force was it that was able to cut through Britain’s defences to perpetrate these extraordinary and repeated insults to the greatest generation of Britons, the ones who stood alone against Nazi Germany and then played a leading role in its defeat

Cowed and cowardly ministers must stop appeasing far-Left extremists (The Telegraph)

He was a racist, but also anti-fascist; he was fiercely anti-communist, yet carved Europe up and gifted much of it to Joseph Stalin.

Many historians have tried to make sense of the man and his times. “Churchill was a racist” is part of the truth about the man, but only a part of it.

His plinth is best left with just his name, which speaks for itself. Maybe we can all agree on that

Churchill was a politically complex man – but he was certainly a racist (Sean O’GradyIndependent.co.uk)

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Earlier: Moving Statues

ZAZU.

Bless you.

No, I’m fine thanks. ZAZU is a new Irish-founded booking and payment app to help restaurants, bars, cafes, nightclubs and retail outlets reopen with virtually contactless service.

Ian Collins writes:

As government restrictions begin to ease, businesses are looking for ways to deal with the new normal of social distancing. The ZAZU service offers an all-in-one solution that is continuously updated and modified in line with government regulations.

The app offers functions similar to OpenTable, Deliveroo and Ticketmaster all under one roof from order to payment and delivery

The app also assists with capacity management ensuring government guidelines can be adhered to at all times.

A virtual queuing system is also helpful for those who haven’t planned ahead…they can join an online queuing system where they will be alerted once a space becomes available

….customers can wait in a comfortable and safe setting away from the location until they are alerted…

ZAZU

Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stuff’. No fee.

To celebrate Traveller Pride Week, June 8-12.

Mayo-based artist and musician Breda Maycock writes:

I’m working with the women in the Mayo Traveller Support Group on a project called Crown- Hair & Identity in Traveller Culture. It’s an exploration of the customs, identity and adornment of hair in the culture. I put this video together with photographs from the project for Traveller Pride Week.

Crown- Hair & Identity in Traveller Culture

Traveller Pride Week events