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The whole country is on a “troubling trajectory” as NPHET professor Philip Nolan warns the public that there is no room for complacency outside of Dublin.
The focus is on Dublin as officials try to stop the exponential spread of Covid-19, but Nolan said the rest of the country is also in a worrying state.
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The president of the National Public Health Emergency Team has urged the public living outside of Dublin to reduce their social contacts and take the virus seriously.
Last night, Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said that Dublin alone has reported more than half of the total number of Covid-19 cases diagnosed nationally in the past 14 days.
Speaking on Saturday’s show with RTE’s Katie Hannon, Professor Nolan said Dublin is in a vulnerable position, but the rest of the country is also on a worrying trajectory.
He said: “If you compare Dublin to the remaining 25 counties, the incidence in Dublin is three times higher than in the rest of the country.
“We in Dublin really must take this advice very seriously, so we are under particular restrictions. But there is no room for complacency in the rest of the country, they are on a worrying trajectory.
“So this is a call to the whole country basically for the next several weeks, to see half the amount of people that we have been seeing in the previous weeks.
“Prioritize our contacts with those who matter most to us and be very careful in the basics about distancing, hand hygiene and the use of face covers.
“Be very careful when we meet our priority contacts.”
SLOW RESURGENCE SINCE JULY
Professor Nolan said there has been clear and constant communication with the public about rising infection rates for months, asking them to reduce their contacts.
He said: “The people of Dublin and people across the country, through the weekly briefings or the twice weekly briefings that the Medical Director offers to the public, the public will have received clear messages on the need for caution and reduction of your contacts.
“And they had been receiving those messages frankly since early July, because we’ve seen the virus slowly resurface in phases, with major outbreaks in Kildare, Laois and Offaly since July.
“There has been a clear, consistent and growing message, I have to say as the virus increases, to the public.”
HOUSEHOLD GROUPS
Indoor dining has been banned from restaurants and pubs in the capital, drawing criticism from business owners who have said that health data shows very few outbreaks in the places.
However, Professor Nolan said that outbreaks that are classified as domestic or community transmission do not originate in the home.
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He said evidence shows that infections start in indoor restaurants and bars.
He said, “They [outbreaks] They didn’t start there, they came from those families that got together and those families got together at some family social gathering in someone’s house or garden, or in a bar or restaurant.
He said international evidence shows that the indoor dining room and the congregation are the “main drivers” of community broadcasting.
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