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On 8 September, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced an update to Ireland's COVID-19 vaccination programme, with residents aged 65 years and older living in long term residential care facilities and people aged 80 years and older living in the community to receive a booster dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. [72]
[76] [77] On 31 August, the Government announced a further reopening plan for the country, with all remaining COVID-19 restrictions to be eased by 22 October, including the two-metre social distancing rule depending on the requirement of individual sectors, while masks would still be required in the health and retail sectors and on public ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Ireland , it has resulted in 1,751,841 cases and 9,789 deaths, as of 30 November 2024.
Source: Health Protection Surveillance Centre [138 ^ 7-day and 14-day incidence rates per 100,000 of the population are based on the 2016 census from the CSO . Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues.
The 2008 Health Consumer Powerhouse Euro Health Consumer Index report ranked Ireland's public healthcare system 11th out of 31 European countries. [31] This is an improvement on the 2007 report which ranked Ireland 16th out of 29 countries, [32] and a drastic improvement on the 2006 report, in which Ireland was ranked 26th out of 26 countries. [33]
COVID Tracker Ireland is a digital contact tracing app released by the Irish Government and the Health Service Executive on 7 July 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The app uses ENS and Bluetooth technology to determine whether a user have been a close contact of someone for more than 15 minutes who tested ...
The general public have been advised by the Irish Government to follow advice from the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) to protect their health. [7] The surveillance of COVID-19 cases in Ireland has been integrated into the existing national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR ...
A public health emergency was declared in Ireland on 25 October 2017 with respect to carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE). [5] The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, convened a NPHET for CPE to provide advice, support, guidance and direction on surveillance and containment of the outbreak. [6] It held its first meeting on 2 November ...