Image: Shutterstock.com Image: Shutterstock.com THE NUMBER OF patients in hospital with Covid-19 has fallen below 400 for the first time this year, new figures from the HSE show.
“There are many, many countries who have deteriorated over the past couple of weeks in particular, and the level of vaccine that we have in people in this country at present, that’s simply not enough to avoid a deterioration or another wave if we drop our guard at this point,” the deputy CMO said.“We’ve made more progress in the last fortnight versus the previous fortnight than almost any other country in Europe.
“There are no early signs of an increase in disease in younger people or an increase in transmission amongst adults, or more widely in the population, as a consequence of schools reopening in the last week,” Nolan said. In his opening statement, Reid will tell the committee: “We are coming out of a very challenging period, although we are not out of the woods yet.