Although local lockdown is not the first line of defense, they may recur in light of the increasing number of Covid cases.
Philip Nolan, president of the NPHET’s Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, said regulations across the county need to be implemented quickly.
Prof. Nolan said it is necessary to limit discretionary contacts over the winter, as five to ten cases can become 100 to 150 in a matter of days. He was speaking to the media in the wake of the removal of the semi-lockdown in Kildare.
He said the tipping point comes when you see multiple clusters with a secondary spread of the virus.
High counts of infection have been reported in some counties, including Tipperary, Limerick, Dublin, Carlo, and Wexford. However, there are no plans to implement a local lockdown in these areas.
Kildare had been locked up for a few days as the number of cases in Covid increased. But yesterday the county got rid of it. The removal of the county lockdown has come as a relief to local businesses.
“The news of the lifting of the lockdown in Kildare is very welcomed by the business community here who have faced an unprecedented three weeks of economic disaster,” CEO of the Kildare Chamber of Commerce, Alan Shine said.
The situation in Kildare is different compared to Laois and Offaly. Covid began spreading there to homes and families and communities. At the same time, many cases in Tipperary have been reported but the spread has been brought under control.
“Dublin is in a different position. It is the capital, with a high population density and a mobile population. We’re seeing a slow rise in cases there so the intervention is different,” Prof Nolan said.
Mr. Alan said people should immediately start thinking and taking action on how to live and work until a vaccine is found. He said he hopes to start business immediately in the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors and return to a kind of normalcy.
He said the lockdown with the entire county made no sense and that the country should move forward with an isolated lockdown in the affected areas as soon as possible to bring the local economy back to normal.
The response of Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s director for the region was in a way that makes sense to Alan’s statement. Mr. Hans Kluge said that with local lockdowns, Europe could handle the Covid-19 outbreak and live without the vaccine.
He added that a complete lockdown will not be considered in the coming months to avoid a second wave of infections.
Paul Lenehan, owner of Harte’s bistro in Kildare and the Dew Drop Inn in Naas, said that all businesses are going through a very difficult situation and that the government was obliged to raise the Covid wage subsidy to provide decent wages if officials were forced to close.
Local Fianna Fáil Senator Fiona O’Loughlin welcomed the end of the lockdown on Kildare County.
On the spread and control of Covid in other countries,
Russia crossed 1M Covid cases
The total number of corona virus cases in Russia has crossed one million after 4,729 new infections were reported.
Russia’s coronavirus crisis centre said 123 new deaths had been confirmed in the last 24 hours.
Concerns have been raised in Spain over the rise of Covid in its capital
Spain was one of the most affected countries when the corona virus hit Europe this year. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez recently said he was concerned about an increase in corona virus infections in the capital, Madrid.
Infections have been on the rise since the end of June when the lockdown procedures in Madrid were completely removed.
The Spanish central government last week deployed 2,000 troops to help local governments responsible for health care locate people infected with the virus.
Fernando Simon, head of health emergencies, said 23,000 new Covid-19 cases had been registered in Spain since Friday.
Spain has recorded a total of 29,094 virus deaths since the onset of the pandemic, one of the highest tolls in the world.
Critics call on Hong Kong to boycott China-led mass coronavirus testing
Critics call on Hong Kong to boycott China-led mass coronavirus testing. Hong Kong has begun free coronavirus testing for all residents of the Asian financial hub.
It is the first direct aid for the semi-autonomous city from China’s health officials as it battles the pandemic.
The government has made it clear that samples for testing will not be misused or sent out of the city.
Nearly 600,000 people have signed up for the free test, with people lining up at the city’s 141 test centres.
Children in Wuhan are back to school
Children in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the corona virus first emerged, returned to school with face masks. Schools and kindergartens in the city have been closed for the past seven months.
City officials said last week that schools were planning to switch to online teaching if new cases emerged.
Schools were instructed to wear masks inside and outside the school, avoiding public buses or trains if possible, and to conduct training and training sessions in preparation for new epidemics.
China has now largely controlled the spread of the virus. The schools across the country, which were closed in late January, have gradually re-opened and it has not reported any new local transmissions of the coronavirus in recent days.
Victoria considered as the epicenter of Covid-19 in Australia
Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state, is reported to be the epicenter of the Covid-19 infection. It recorded the lowest increase in virus – related deaths in two weeks.
Five people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the lowest one day increase since August 15.
Australia has recorded only 26,000 Covid-19 infections and 657 deaths compared to the other 26 developed countries. However, restrictions to slow the spread of the virus have hit the economy hard. Restrictions will be relaxed later this month.
French companies will have up to a week to adopt new rules
Labor Minister Elizabeth Bourne has said French companies will have up to a week to adopt new and stricter rules on the use of face masks in the workplace to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
At the same time, Miss Bourne said it is not necessary to wear if it is open-plan workspaces with staff working alone or with relatively few staffs with large spaces between workers.