Ministers “sickened” over “abusive” calls made to Dr Tony Holohan and Dr Ronan Glynn
“It is absolutely appalling that public health doctors advising Government would be targeted with abuse for doing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic.” A number of government ministers have said they were “sickened” to hear about “abusive” phone calls made to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan and Deputy CMO Dr Ronan […]
5 years ago
WHO says annual booster Covid-19 vaccine likely to be introduced in Ireland
“That’s going to become part of the new way in which we’ll keep ourselves safe in the face of the Covid threat.” The World Health Organisation (WHO) special envoy on Covid-19 Dr David Nabarro has said that Ireland will likely introduce annual booster vaccines to “keep safe in the face of the Covid-19 threat.” “Now, […]
5 years ago
CMO: “Substantial socialisation” the main reason for increased rate of Covid-19 cases
“We have an opportunity to take actions that can turn around these patterns of transmission.” Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan says that “socialisation that we’ve done over the course of the last number of weeks” has led to the recent increase in Covid-19 cases. Yesterday the Republic of Ireland recorded 13 deaths and […]
6 years ago