The number of infected people has skyrocketed due to the pre-Christmas relaxation.

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In Ireland, non-essential stores will be closed from December 31 and school holidays will be extended to stop the mutation of the coronavirus, which is spreading faster than expected, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday.

Ireland still had one of the lowest infection rates in Europe for a few weeks, but in the last two weeks, the average number of infections in five days has more than tripled, rising to more than 1,200 per day following the easing of the epidemiological measures before Christmas.

Martin said that the new strain of the virus, which according to UK authorities is 70 percent more contagious than previously known, is spreading much faster and threatens to overload the healthcare system.

It is spreading at such a rate that it surpasses even the cloudiest models. The situation is extremely serious “

Martin warned in his televised speech.

Following the pre-Christmas relaxation, Dublin’s management imposed further restrictions on December 22, including closing bars and restaurants and imposing travel restrictions. The original idea was to have the stores open until December 31 and allow home visits.

However, Martin ordered a visitation ban on Wednesday, preventing New Year’s Eve parties and extending school vacations for five days, until January 11. The country will maintain the highest level of adjustment for at least a month, including closing stores that sell non-essential products. In addition, except in justified cases, people can travel up to 5 kilometers from their place of residence.

According to Martín, the current wave of the epidemic differs from previous ones in that less time elapses between the increase in the number of infected and those treated in hospitals.

Irish health authorities have recently reported that the number of patients treated in hospitals has almost doubled in the last week, while the number of infected will double every 7-10 days unless new measures are taken to prevent it.

In the last 24 hours, the number of infected people has risen to a record 1,718. In a country of nearly five million people, 90,157 have so far been infected with the coronavirus, of which 2,226 have died from the disease.

 

 



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