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The surveillance of COVID-19 cases was integrated into existing national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) system since COVID-19 was made a notifiable disease on 20 February 2020. CIDR is the information system used to manage the surveillance and control of infectious diseases in Ireland, both at regional and national level. [45]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish government introduced various public health and economic measures to mitigate its impact. The virus reached the country in late February 2020 [1] and cases soon confirmed in all counties. [2] The government shut schools, childcare facilities and cultural institutions on ...
77.1% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a first booster dose 27.7% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a second booster dose 8.5% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a third booster dose Website gov.ie As of February 2023 Part of a series on the COVID-19 pandemic Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball ...
9 October – University College Cork confirmed several cases of COVID-19 amongst students in a UCC-run student accommodation. [204] 10 October – Two men were arrested after a total of 250 demonstrators attended an anti-lockdown protest organised by the National Party outside Leinster House in Dublin. [205] 14 October.
Under new COVID-19 safety guidelines issued by Fáilte Ireland on 26 May, a maximum of six people aged 13 years and over would be allowed per table when restaurants, pubs and cafés open in June, with up to 15 people allowed when accompanying children under the age of 12.
[30] [31] [32] Nearly 1,700 people attended the five new temporary walk-in COVID-19 testing centres for people with no symptoms operated by the National Ambulance Service that opened in Dublin and Offaly on 25 March. [33] [34] [35] The temporary walk-in COVID-19 testing centres for asymptomatic people proved to be effective and was a success.
July 2021. 1 July – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan announced that a fourth wave of COVID-19 was beginning in Ireland following an increase in cases caused by the Delta variant. [102] 2 July – The government agreed a deal to purchase one million unwanted COVID-19 vaccine doses from Romania. [103] 3 July.
On 12 March 2020, all schools, colleges, and childcare facilities in the Republic of Ireland were shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shutdown resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 Leaving Certificate and 2020–2021 Junior Certificate examinations, as well as all 2020–2021 Irish language summer courses in the Gaeltacht.