Dr Anthony Fauci reveals he’s ‘impressed’ with Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis

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AMERICA’s top physician, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has revealed that he is “impressed” with Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

The doctor and immunologist praised the way the country is dealing with the killer virus, saying: “I had my staff inform me.”

He was 'informed' by his team about the country's Covid plan — He was ‘informed’ by his team about the country’s Covid plan

When asked if he was impressed with our Covid plan by Ryan Tubridy on RTE’s Late Late Show, he said: “I am, it really gets to the point I’m trying to do.

“And, when they hit you badly, they hit us worse than any other country.

“Ireland didn’t take that hard a hit, but they did get it wrong, you did it … and what you did was put restrictions that were substantial restrictions and get the baseline back down.

“And what is your plan, is that you are going to access where you are and you have certain types of guidelines that are appropriate for where you are.

“And if you start to have a rebound, you will have restrictions to go to the next level.”

He added: “The enemy is the virus, the enemy is not the public health people who are trying to contain the virus.

“Obviously, when you try to contain the virus, it has had understandably negative economic consequences and we are all sensitive to that.

“We all want to get the economy back, but as I keep saying, the best way to get the economy back is to get the virus under control.”

CASE UPDATE

326 new cases of Covid-19 were announced in the country on Friday night.

The Health Department also said that no new deaths from coronavirus have been reported.

326 is the highest number of cases on a Friday since April 24.

Of the reported cases, 162 are men and 152 women, with 69% under 45 years of age.

33% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.

49 cases have been identified as community transmission.

152 of the cases are in Dublin, 32 in Cork, 22 in Donegal, 21 in Galway, 15 in Meath, 11 in Kildare, 9 in Kerry, 8 in Louth, 8 in Westmeath, 6 in Limerick, 6 in May, 6 in Tipperary and 5 in Wexford, with the remaining 25 cases in 8 counties.

‘ASSUME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY’

Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said: “Today I ask people everywhere, but particularly in Donegal and Dublin, to pay particular attention to public health councils.

“I ask each individual to take personal responsibility for prioritizing who they need to see, limiting the size of their social network, and reducing their social contacts in the days and weeks ahead.