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Freelance journalists keep you updated with the latest news about coronaviruses in Ireland and around the world.
19:30 05/01/2020
Heathrow posts 97% drop in passenger numbers in April
The airport announced that the number of passengers traveling through Heathrow last month decreased by around 97% compared to April 2019.
Passenger demand is expected to “remain weak” until governments around the world “consider it safe to lift travel restrictions.”
Heathrow saw an annual decrease in demand from 18.3pc to 14.6 million passengers between January and March, while earnings before taxes and interest fell by 22.4pc to £ 315 million.
19:20 01/05/2020
Concern about meat plants could emerge as the next coronavirus black spots as one closes and others understand they have clusters
Concern is being raised that meat plants could emerge as a black spot for Covid-19 infections, with a factory closed and a number believed to have clusters of Covid-19 cases.
The closure of the plants, as seen in the United States, could have a significant impact on the food supply chain and would devastate the incomes of ranchers who are already recovering from the closure of key markets.
Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture confirmed in the Dail that his Department knows six groups, five in processing plants and one in a boning plant.
“There has been involvement from those meat plants. HSE staff and my department officials have been involved. The answer for me is that there has been strong cooperation,” he said.
19:00 05/05/2020
Heathrow chief warns that social distancing at airports is “physically impossible”
Introducing social distancing at airports is “physically impossible,” the Heathrow chief warned.
Chief Executive John Holland-Kaye said a “better solution” is needed to make air travel safe as he called for the UK to lead the development of a common international standard of measures that could include temperature controls for all passengers.
He said: “Social distancing does not work on any form of public transport, much less aviation.”
18:30 05/05/2020
The 2 km exercise limit was extended to 5 km and more than 70 allowed brief periods away from home
Speaking in government buildings, a Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has updated the public on the latest Covid-19 restrictions.
The exercise limit of 2 km from home has been extended to 5 km, while people over the age of 70 have been informed that they can leave their homes for brief periods of outdoor activity since Tuesday at quiet times, Varadkar said.
There will be five stages for the reopening of the country, Taoiseach said, separated by three weeks, beginning May 18.
“The past few weeks have transformed our lives in many ways,” said Varadkar.
“As a nation, our physical health has been attacked, our mental health has been abused, and our economy has been eroded.
“For me, the worst part has been the daily test message with the latest numbers of deaths and confirmed cases.
“We have to extend the current restrictions until May 18.”
The latest updates in summary are:
- The current restrictions will last until May 18.
- The government plans to loosen the restrictions starting May 18.
- Since next Tuesday, the exercise limit of 2 km from home has been extended to 5 km
- Starting next Tuesday, those over 70 can leave their home for a walk or a walk “as long as they are not in contact with anyone”
- Until we have a vaccine or treatment, there will be a long-term need for physical distance.
- Outdoor work such as construction and landscaping will resume from May 18.
- Some garden stores and hardware stores will reopen on May 18
- Some assets and sports will resume on May 18.
- Some recreational facilities, such as movie theaters and theaters, will reopen after May 18.
- Schools and colleges will reopen in September
- Cabinet to discuss how to get businesses and employees back to work tomorrow
- 70% of those diagnosed with Covid-19 have fully recovered
May 18
- Outdoor workers
- Garden centers
- Building
- Gardening
- Fishing
- Golf and tennis and sport fishing.
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- Some retailers
- Bigger funerals
- Small gatherings allowed indoors
- Marts and libraries
“The coronavirus is cruel and inhuman,” concluded the Taoiseach.
“The tragedy of each death is compounded by the fact that we cannot unite to mourn loved ones.”
“When we go through this, we will unite as a nation and regret this for all those who have died.”
18:15 05/01/2020
Rangers continue to work to protect African wildlife despite pandemic
African park rangers continue to protect animals and reserves despite the coronavirus pandemic, conservationists have said.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has released images of rangers in two projects it supports in Kenya and Zimbabwe, continuing its work to care for threatened wildlife, such as elephants.
But, due to Covid-19, they are unable to return to their homes and families between shifts, while the lack of tourism has had a major impact on local communities and economic pressure has increased the risk of poaching.
Rangers who still work hard include Team Leona, eight women who work to protect wildlife from poachers and protect people from conflict with elephants and other animals on community lands surrounding Amboseli National Park in Kenya in the border with tanzania.
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Community rangers on patrol in Kenya (IFAW / Will Swanson / PA)
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18:00 05/05/2020
Independent TD claims that those over 70 are “prisoners” in their own homes and that “they can kill as many as Covid-19”
Independent TD Michael McNamara has said that cocooning has seen over-70s become “prisoners” in their own homes, claiming that “it can ultimately kill as many as the Covid-19 virus.”
Clare TD accused the government of “unceasingly stirring up fear” in the age group and said there are no legal restrictions requiring those over 70 to stay home.
He said the advice of Medical Director (CMO) Tony Holohan is ‘cocoon’ “but that is only advice, not the law of this State.”
17:46 05/05/2020
Breakdown of the latest figures available
The latest HPSC data, as of midnight Wednesday (20,510 cases), reveals:
- 58 pieces are women and 42 pieces are men
- The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years.
- 2,768 cases (13pc) have been hospitalized
- Of the hospitalized, 367 cases have been admitted to the ICU
- 5,840 cases are associated with health workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases with 10,170 (50pc of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,215 cases (6pc) and then Cork with 1,154 cases (6pc)
- Of those for whom the transmission status is known: community transmission represents 63%, close contact accounts 33%, travel abroad represents 3%
17:40 01/05/2020
34 more people have died with Covid-19 and 221 new cases have been confirmed
The Health Protection Surveillance Center has been informed today that a total of 34 people with COVID-19 have died.
There have now been a total of 1,265 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 11 a.m. on Friday, May 1, the HPSC has been notified of 221 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are now a total of 20,833 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
The HSE is working to identify any contacts patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
17:20 05/01/2020
Boris Johnson promises a “comprehensive plan” to facilitate the closure of the United Kingdom
Boris Johnson has promised to deliver a “comprehensive plan” next week on how the blockade can be eased after declaring that the UK is “past the peak” of the coronavirus outbreak.
The prime minister said Thursday that he would produce a “road map, a menu of options” explaining how to get the economy moving and children to go back to school while suppressing the spread of the disease.
Testing is a key part of the strategy in any effort to ease the restrictions, and the public can find out on Friday whether the government reached its goal of carrying 100,000 a day by the end of Thursday.
17:00 01/05/2020
Clear disparity between ethnic groups in Covid-19 deaths – IFS study
Coronavirus deaths among black and minority ethnic groups (BAME) are disproportionately high, and some are also bearing the brunt of the economic blockade, according to a study.
Deaths per capita among the black Caribbean population in English hospitals are three times higher than those of white Britons, the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.
The study also found that BAME men are more likely to be in jobs affected by the closure of large parts of the economy.
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Extract from the IFS report on the impact of the coronavirus on the BAME groups (Institute for Fiscal Studies / PA)
16:40 05/01/2020
A free virtual cybersecurity school for locked teens is launched
Free virtual lessons on cybersecurity will be offered to thousands of locked-in youth as part of a government scheme to develop cyber skills.
The Cyber Discovery virtual school will be aimed at students between 13 and 18 years old, offering educational games and activities that develop cybersecurity skills.
Teens can sign up for school for free to get access to its central interactive game as well as free weekly webinars from industry experts.
The new online tool will be an extension of an existing scheme administered by the National Center for Cyber Security (NCSC): its annual CyberFirst summer courses for approximately 1,000 students designed to improve cyber skills in youth.
16:20 01/05/2020
Robots deployed to greet and clean at Japan hotel for Covid-19 patients
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A Pepper humanoid robot with a face mask stands at a hotel lobby door (Eugene Hoshiko / AP)
AP / PA imaging
Robot staff are operating at a Tokyo hotel used for mildly ill Covid-19 patients under a new plan to free beds in hospitals overloaded with more serious cases.
Pepper, a talking robot, greeted new guests in the lobby, while Whiz, a cleaning robot, operates in areas where patients collect food and other daily necessities to reduce risks of infection for human staff.
Pepper, wearing a white surgical mask, greeted Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as he entered the hotel during the Friday rally.
Pepper also reminds patients to monitor their temperature and rest well.
16:00 05/01/2020
China uses blockade to inspect and clean Mount Everest
China sent scientists to climb Mount Everest while the world’s highest peak is empty of commercial climbers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
China and Nepal canceled spring climbing on their mountain slopes to prevent the spread of infections as expedition teams traveled to the region and lived for weeks in tight, high-altitude camps with little access to emergency medical aid.
The official Xinhua News Agency said a team of 53 members of the Ministry of National Resources has been carrying out preliminary scientific work since the beginning of March and that the survey work on the mountain will begin this month.
China’s Beidou satellite network, a rival to the United States’ Global Positioning System, will be used in a survey to determine the current height of the mountain and natural resources, along with other nationally developed topography technology, Xinhua said, citing to the team leader of the ministry, Li Guopeng,.
15:40 05/01/2020
Almost a quarter of companies have stopped operating: CSO survey
Nearly a quarter of companies that responded to the survey by the Central Bureau of Statistics say they have temporarily stopped trading, while a third have let staff go.
The online survey was sent to a sample of 3,000 companies and the information was collected between Monday, April 20 and Friday, April 24. The survey response rate was 26.4 percent, the OSC said.
“The results show that of the companies that responded to the COVID-19 Trade Impact Survey, 23.3 percent had temporarily stopped trading during the period from March 16 to April 19, 0.6 percent had stopped trading. permanently and 76 percent continued to trade, “statistician Colin Hanley said in a statement.
15:20 01/05/2020
Beijing reopens parks and museums after Covid-19 pandemic
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Visitors wearing face masks to protect themselves against the new coronavirus walk through the Forbidden City (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)
Parks and museums in the Chinese capital have reopened after closing their doors during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Forbidden City is one of many attractions to receive visitors, but only 5,000 people will be able to visit the ancient home of the Chinese emperors in Beijing, compared to 80,000.
Large-scale group activities remain on hold and visitors must reserve tickets to visit the parks, according to Gao Dawei, deputy director of the Beijing Greening and Gardening Office.
Beijing has lowered its level of emergency response to the virus from the first to the second level, but temperature controls and social distancing remain in place.
15:00 01/05/2020
Trump claims to have seen evidence of coronavirus originating from the Wuhan lab
Donald Trump has claimed to have seen evidence that the coronavirus outbreak originated from an infectious disease laboratory in Wuhan.
The President of the USA USA He speculated that China could have unleashed the Covid-19 in the world due to some kind of horrible “bug”, and he even put forward the idea that the launch was intentional.
It comes as his intelligence agencies said they are still examining a notion put forth by the president and his aides that the pandemic may have been the result of an accident in a Chinese laboratory.
This occurs despite the fact that US intelligence agencies yesterday concluded that Covid-19 “was neither man-made nor genetically modified.”
14:20 01/05/2020
Aer Lingus in talks with unions about hundreds of possible job cuts
Aer Lingus will negotiate with unions on staff cuts of up to 900 airline jobs.
It occurs when Ryanair announced that up to 3,000 jobs between pilots and cabin crew could be cut “as a direct result of the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis.”
An Aer Lingus spokesperson said: “Aer Lingus continues to communicate directly with our employees and interact with their representative bodies.”
13:10 05/01/2020
Irish doctors urge people to stay home during bank holidays
Doctors in Ireland have urged people to maintain patterns of social distancing and to stay home for the long weekend.
The Irish Medical Organization (IMO) has warned the public to continue to keep their guard up because this Covid-19 virus has not been expired.
Speaking before the holiday weekend, Dr. Padraig McGarry, IMO President, said that health workers greatly appreciated the sacrifices the public was making.
He added: “As difficult as it is to be separated from loved ones and friends for such a long period of time, we must remember that we are doing the right thing by keeping our distance from each other and following the guidelines of the government and public health experts.
12:10 05/05/2020
Almost a quarter of companies have stopped operating: CSO survey
Nearly a quarter of companies that responded to the survey by the Central Bureau of Statistics say they have temporarily stopped trading, while a third have let staff go.
The online survey was sent to a sample of 3,000 companies and the information was collected between Monday, April 20 and Friday, April 24. The survey response rate was 26.4 percent, the OSC said.
“The results show that of the companies that responded to the COVID-19 Trade Impact Survey, 23.3 percent had temporarily stopped trading during the period from March 16 to April 19, 0.6 percent had stopped trading. permanently and 76 percent continued to trade, “statistician Colin Hanley said in a statement.
10:40 05/01/2020
China uses blockade to inspect and clean Mount Everest
China sent scientists to climb Mount Everest while the world’s highest peak is empty of commercial climbers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
China and Nepal canceled spring climbing on their mountain slopes to prevent the spread of infections as expedition teams traveled to the region and lived for weeks in tight, high-altitude camps with little access to emergency medical aid.
The official Xinhua News Agency said a team of 53 members of the Ministry of National Resources has been carrying out preliminary scientific work since the beginning of March and that the survey work on the mountain will begin this month.
08:15 01/05/2020
It was announced that the Irish spent more money at the close of the day than at Christmas, AIB data reveal
The Irish spent more money at the supermarket the day Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that the country would go into a blockade than at Christmas week last year, new data shows.
An AIB analysis of more than a million transactions between March 8 and April 11 found that after Taoiseach’s announcement on March 12, spending was 17 pc higher than a normal day of the week and 20 pc higher compared to the previous Thursday.
Grocery spending on this day alone is 20 pcs higher than the average spending during Christmas week last year.
Consumers spent an average of € 76 per transaction at the grocery store on this day, 60 pcs more than the previous Thursday, when the average transaction average was € 48.
Grocery spending has increased by 30 pc since Covid-19 began to affect Ireland.
Shoppers spent 4 pcs more than usual on Friday, March 13, but panic buying seemed to decrease rapidly as every day after March 13 there has been a significant drop in spending.
St. Patrick’s Day saw a 47 pc drop in average spending, the lowest of any day since the crisis began.
The data also revealed that more than 65 years have registered the largest drop in spending, with an expenditure of 27 pc among this age group.
Spending by those under 25 recorded a drop of 21 pc, while those between the ages of 35-44 recorded a drop of 13 pc, the smallest decrease of any age group.
Dublin customers saw the biggest drop in spending (21 pc), while Meath and Kildare experienced a 19 pc drop, and Wicklow fell 18 pc below usual levels.
Donegal recorded the smallest drop in spending at 12 pc.
The analysis also found that Irish consumers have started spending more online, and that online clothing retailers are performing strongly.
The biggest increase in online spending in a single day was on Good Friday, Friday, April 10, when consumers spent 107 more PCs than usual on clothes.
08:10 05/01/2020
Ryanair to cut 3,000 jobs as airline says recovery will take two years
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Chief Executive Michael O’Leary, whose salary was reduced by 50% for April and May, agreed to extend the reduction for the remainder of the financial year until March 2021. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
Ryanair has said it expects up to 3,000 jobs to be lost as part of an airline restructuring.
The low-budget airline group announced that a restructuring program could also involve unpaid vacations and reduced payments by up to 20%, as well as the closure of “several aircraft bases across Europe” until demand for travel recovers. aerial.
Chief Executive Michael O’Leary, whose salary was reduced by 50% for April and May, agreed to extend the reduction for the rest of the financial year until March 2021.
Ryanair said its flights will remain on the ground until “at least July” and that passenger numbers will not return to 2019 levels “until the summer of 2022 at the earliest.”
08:00 01/05/2020
We could not cope with a new wave of viruses, warns a leading scientist
An increase in coronavirus similar to the rapid onset of infection here would be very difficult to manage, a senior official warned.
Professor Philip Nolan of the University of Maynooth, who leads a team tracking the spread of the virus, said the number of people in intensive care remained “significantly high.”
“Currently, there are 106 patients in the ICU,” he said.
“If there were to be a similar increase to our current ICU number, it would be very difficult for us to manage patient treatment. This reflects the sensitivity required to relax restrictions.”
Another 43 people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the death toll to 1,232.
08:00 01/05/2020
Coronavirus: Only 54 health workers went to work despite 73,000 responding to Ireland’s call
Only 54 health staff members who responded to the ‘Be On Call for Ireland’ recruitment campaign in the battle against the coronavirus have held their posts so far, the Irish Independent can reveal.
Concern has been expressed about the “surprising” low number of staff created after a campaign that led 73,000 people to apply.
The high-profile recruitment campaign was launched on St. Patrick’s Day to strengthen the health service’s ability to cope with the Covid-19 crisis.
But while more than 1,600 candidates have been successful in the interview, the HSE has confirmed that only 54 people have been placed in jobs.
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