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A Covid-19 briefing at the Health Department heard how the virus spread over the course of a weekend, resulting in 30 new confirmed cases.
Dr. Breda Smyth, HSE West Director of Public Health, said the outbreak stemmed from an index case during a weekend of socialization.
She said a couple went on a trip and when they returned on the first day of the weekend, they attended a party at the house, in which eight people participated.
Of this number, six people tested positive for the virus.
Dr. Smyth said the couple spent the night with a family and in this home, three of the four household members tested positive for the virus.
In addition, three other social contacts of the family tested positive for coronavirus.
On the second day of the weekend, one of the couple went with another group of friends to a dinner in the city center. At that party, there were four people and all four tested positive for the virus.
The conference heard that at the venue where the dinner was held, a table adjacent to the party held six people, all of whom tested positive for the virus.
Four members of the bar / restaurant staff also tested positive for Covid-19.
The index case with another friend then went to another drinking place to meet a group of four for a drink, and all four of them turned positive.
Appealing to people to reduce their social contacts, Dr. Breda Smyth, Director of Public Health at HSE West, says that 30 people tested positive for Covid-19 emanating from an index case during a weekend of socialization | Read more: https://t.co/jjRDjfUDro pic.twitter.com/F29j60NFUd
– RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 30, 2020
Dr. Smyth said the virus is “very unpredictable”, the guidelines have been followed in the bar / restaurant, but they reviewed the situation with the facilities and the tables have been rearranged.
The numbers in that part of the restaurant have also been reduced.
“This shows that over two days in a weekend, how quickly the virus can spread and the importance of restricting your social interactions,” said Dr. Smyth.
“If you were to cut your social interactions in half and go out one night on the weekend, it would help a lot.
He also urged young people to meet in small groups and download the Covid app to aid in contact tracing.
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