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Department of Health, Baggott, Street, Dublin 2.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan at the weekly Department of Health Covid -19 briefing…
…said NPHET had a ‘substantial concern” about the number of ICU beds being taken up by Covid-19 patients because he said the knock-on effect is that those beds would normally by ordinary people who cannot get access to surgeries or interventions
Dr Holohan warned fully-vaccinated people that there are still risks involved with getting Covid-19 “even if those risks are substantially reduced”.
“Just because everything is open doesn’t mean we all have to do them or that we all have to do them at the same time,” he said.
The Chief Medical Officer said it would “be sensible” for people who were in nightclubs at the weekend to stay away from vulnerable people in the following days.
Meanwhile…
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn [above] said the trajectory for Covid-19 infection in Ireland in the coming days and weeks is not good..
He said that although 42% of cases in ICU were fully vaccinated people, the key point is that 58% of people in ICU are not vaccinated.
NPHET concerned by growing Covid rates as 101 in ICU (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Immunocompromised may have option for fourth COVID shot, CDC says https://t.co/rEOBz00CbA pic.twitter.com/HPofLSSrzt
— New York Post (@nypost) October 27, 2021
Ah now.
