This evening the Department of Health was notified of seven further Covid-related deaths and 1,372 new cases. It comes as the Minister for Health said that community vaccination against the virus will begin in mid-February, subject to regulatory approval.
Here are five takeaways from this evening's briefing by the National Public Health Emergency Team. Continued improvement over Covid incidence The Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said that there is "continued rapid improvement" in the incidence of Covid-19.
Professor Philip Nolan said that the number of people with Covid-19 in hospital has peaked and plateaued. He said that the number of admissions to hospital per day is decreasing and on average, it is below