HSE's disease surveillance centre receives €3m funding boost for 43 permanent roles
The HPSC is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.
The HPSC is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.
On day one of Level 5 let’s look at the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland – and how the data compares with last week.
The HPSC published its latest report on outbreaks and clusters in Ireland this morning.
Data from the UK suggests that BAME healthcare workers were more likely to die from Covid-19.
The industry has said that few cases are linked to pubs and restaurants but international studies suggest dining out could be a factor in the spread of the disease.
Dublin – which has seen a spike in cases since late August – is highest at 89.1 while Sligo is the lowest at 3.1 per 100,000.
Rates of healthcare worker vaccine uptake, particularly in nursing homes, remain low.
The total number of workplace outbreaks is 85, including 31 in meat processing plants.
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died from the virus in Ireland.
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
Guidance regarding immunity and healthcare workers was compiled by the HSE.
The latest county-by-county breakdown shows Leitrim, Sligo, Waterford and Carlow have the least amount of cases.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan confirmed the increase in clusters this evening.
This number of clusters rose by ten in the space of one day, according to data from the HPSC.
Figures correct as of midnight on Wednesday were released this morning by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Nursing homes now account for 23.8% of Covid-19 clusters in the country.
That’s according to the latest data by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Three children under the age of one have contracted the virus so far.
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
There have been five cases since the start of February.
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said 341 people were admitted to hospital for flu in the last two weeks of 2016.
Yesterday the HSE warned that flu rates are on the rise.
Plans are in place for a number of different scenarios.
Two cases have been confirmed at NUI Galway in the first cases in the country so far this year.
The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has said the number of influenza-like illnesses has increased over the past week.
The research in the Irish Medical Journal found many of the children’s illnesses were diagnosed at an advanced stage.
A male foreign national had a occurrence of the disease which he had contracted in a foreign country and has been treated in a north-east hospital.
New statistics show that the number of people with HIV in Ireland rose last year for the first time in four years.
The HSE says flu is now ciruclating, and over 65s, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses should act quickly.
The HSE says that the second successive year of doubling cases is “of concern” – and 80 per cent of hospitalised cases were babies aged between newborn and 5 months old.
Ahead of World AIDS Day this Saturday, the Dublin AIDS Alliance is urging people to take greater care of their sexual health.
The virus, which is spread to humans by rodents and can be life-threatening, was discovered in a patient at the Mid Western Regional Hospital.
A new report has shows that 229 children suffered with whooping cough in 2011.
While incidences of MRSA were the lowest ever recorded by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the number of measles cases in Ireland rose by 149 per cent last year.
However a report by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre found there continues to be a high level of gay and bisexual men testing positive.