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A man who was unable to restrict his movements after returning to Ireland from an overseas trip caused at least 56 people to become infected with Coronavirus, including up to ten homes and a sports team.
The sobering “real-life example” of how Covid-19 can spread rapidly within the community was revealed in a report released by the Mid West Department of Public Health, when the region surpassed its 3,000th case.
“In total, 56 cases were infected from the index case, affecting up to 10 private homes and a sports team,” the report indicates.
The index case “was abroad while on vacation, but did not restrict her movements under current HSE guidelines when she got home.”
At first, she had “mild symptoms including a runny nose and a mild sore throat,” and her “temperature was normal.”
“He was reassured by this and socialized with a group of friends and then tested positive for Covid-19. However, at this stage, he had already infected several of his friends; three of these friends infected their families.
“After the party, she got her test result and it came back positive. By attending the party while waiting for his test result, he ended up infecting other people. ”
As the index case “has a close extended family that visits each other’s homes regularly, this led to some members of the extended family also becoming infected with Covid-19.”
“One of his extended family members, who had no symptoms, played a game with his home team and several of his teammates became infected as a result.”
The team members then infected “several people.”
There were 1,894 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the region up to and including midnight on September 19, of which 293 had been hospitalized and one in five were healthcare workers.
That number has risen by more than 1,100 in the past four weeks.
Until August 1, there were 93 deaths in the region, of which 80 were classified as “confirmed cases” and 13 were “probable or possible cases”.
The median age at death was 83 years; six (6.5%) of the cases that died were admitted to intensive care units; and the majority of the cases (88.2%) that died had an underlying clinical condition.
The report also highlighted “significant underinvestment in an appropriate national IT outbreak and case management system for public health.”
He said that the department has “fought for the absence of adequate IT infrastructure” and that “to ensure that we can address Covid-19 in an effective, timely and efficient manner, processes, communication, staffing and ICT must be improved from now on. “
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