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10.12.2021 / 12:21

What is it like to have the Omicron variant?

Peter McGinn was isolating at home when the White House announced that a second confirmed case of the Omicron variant had been detected in the United States.

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Top Italian scientist backs Holohan on antigen tests

Since August, Italy has required Digital Covid Certs to access indoor dining or cultural venues.

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What is the Government's Covid strategy?

Right around now, we were supposed to be seeing a dip in case numbers. The modelling on which NPHET and the Government decided to proceed with the reopening of nightclubs less than four weeks ago indicated as much.

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Is NPHET going to recommend new restrictions?

This phase of the pandemic is more complicated than previous ones. The Government and NPHET have been trying to lift restrictions, even as the models indicate that case numbers were expected to rise.

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From Lambda to Iota - what we know about Covid variants

New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, seem to be emerging on a constant basis.

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The data behind NPHET's Delta variant concern

Every week, a report that gives a strong indication as to whether the proportion of Covid variants present in Ireland is stable or changing is sent to Dr Cillian De Gascun, the Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory.

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What do people think about antigen testing?

They give quick results. They are cheap. And they are relatively easy to use. But the arrival of rapid antigen tests on supermarket shelves last Friday has not been without controversy.

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What kind of 'bonus' can the fully vaccinated expect?

There was a little something for almost everybody in Monday's easing of restrictions, whether it was eager shoppers getting their fix of shopping in Penney’s, or something as simple as a first haircut of 2021.

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A feeling of déja-vu for businesses set to re-open

If it feels like déja vu, it's because we’ve been here before.

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Analysis: Can the Government still achieve its vaccine targets?

There are a lot of numbers going around about the vaccine roll-out. But there's one to keep in mind: 4.5 million.

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Vaccine roll-out: How does Ireland compare to other countries?

What will Ireland look like when the majority of the country is inoculated? It's a question that will be asked over the coming months as the rate of vaccination ramps up across the spring and into summer.

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Covid-19 funeral restrictions mean saying goodbye is even harder

Among the many hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic is how it has diminished the traditions and rituals that we use to say goodbye to our loved ones when they pass away.

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'It's not the same for everyone' - the great Covid-19 divide

We’re in this together. It’s been the mantra now for almost a year. Certainly, we have all been affected by the pandemic, but have we really been affected in the same way?

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Paramedics at Covid peak: 'This might be the last time they will see their loved ones'

Denise O'Connor can see the strain on people's faces when she brings their loved ones into her ambulance. This may be the very last time that they see each other.

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The models behind NPHET's concern about Covid-19 surge

What exactly will NPHET modellers be looking at as they consider tighter Covid-19 restrictions in the coming days?

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Operation Moonshot: Could mass testing work in Ireland?

It was one of humankind's greatest and most inspirational achievements – the Apollo 11 mission to land a team of men on the surface of the moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

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Nursing homes: The forgotten frontline of the pandemic

Nearly 1,000 residents of nursing homes died from Covid-19. Prime Time reporter Oonagh Smyth speaks to the staff, managers, experts and relatives who had to deal with toll the virus inflicted.

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Tens of thousands of jobs and livelihoods at stake on the Wild Atlantic Way

Clodagh Gill sits outside her guesthouse on Inismór on the Aran Islands overlooking the spectacularly situated graveyard below and the lagoon beside the small airfield. Her cheerful demeanour hides the deep anxiety most on the islands feel about the current Covid-19 emergency.

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Two months: How Covid-19 hit Ireland's nursing homes

This week, hundreds of pages of emails, correspondence and reports emerged, detailing what happened, and didn't happen, in the nursing homes sector during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Nursing homes risk was 'low' if guidance was adhered to - Dept of Health report

A Department of Health report examining the spread of Covid-19 through Ireland's nursing homes says the risk of the disease getting in "would have been low", if guidance which required that patients test negative before being moved, and other measures, had been adhered to.

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Explained: How long it takes a Covid-19 case to be completed now

Next Monday, Ireland is due to begin its slow emergence from beneath the shadow of COVID-19. The first of a five phase process is set to see the reopening of building sites, shutters lifted on certain shops, and the return of some socially-distanced sport.

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Explained: The Covid-19 nightly numbers

With Covid-19 the numbers are coming at us all constantly. Every night there's an update, every day a further briefing.

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Watch: The science behind social distancing

Every infectious disease has an r0 (pronounced r-nought) value. Since it emerged late last year, specialists have been trying to work out one for Covid-19. As Professor Mary Horgan, a renowned infectious disease specialist from Kerry and president of the Royal College of Physicians explained to me, the process involves maths, understanding of social patterns, and medical knowledge.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0