Ireland Has One Of The Strongest Coronavirus Locks In The World, Restrictions Comparison Shows

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Ireland has one of the strictest lockdowns on the planet, shocking new data has revealed.

We are one of a group of just seven countries facing the toughest restrictions in the world, according to a respected university tracker.

NPHET and the government have imposed measures that are tougher than any others across Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas, Canada and most of Africa, the research shows.

Ireland ranks seventh out of 186 nations assessed by the severity of the blockade.

The only other counties with similar citizen boundaries are Eritrea, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Honduras, and Argentina.

The data is collected by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford in the UK.

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It has collected information on lockdowns since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Counties are rated from 0 (lowest restriction) to 100 based on a series of drastic measures on movement, public gatherings, social activity, work, travel, and education.

Ireland updated at a rate of 81.48 on Thursday, hours after the Level Five measures went into effect.

It makes us one of the seven countries in the world with a rating of more than 80 as the world battles the second wave of Covid-19.

Others include nations with strongman leaders like Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and authoritarian regimes like Eritrea.

A man wearing a face mask as a precaution against the transmission of the new coronavirus exits a building with an exterior mural in Dublin on October 21, 2020 as Ireland prepares to enter a second national lockdown to stop the spread of the virus what causes COVID-19

The seven strictest locks on the planet according to the tracker are:

1. Venezuela 87.96

2. Eritrea 86.11

3. Honduras 84.26

4. Chile 83.8

5. Argentina 82.87

6. Peru 82.41

7. Ireland 81.48

Covid crash tracker

Level Five measurements are scheduled to last six weeks here.

Statistics released over the weekend raised hopes that previous Tier Three restrictions were beginning to affect streaming rates.

Figures from the Central Statistical Office showed that the number of contacts that people who tested positive had was already falling from an average of 10 to around six.

In the 15-24 age group, close contacts dropped from 10 in August to just five in early October at level three.

HSE chief Paul Reid also revealed that the positivity rate for the tests had dropped from 8% to 5.8%.

And the number of cases on Friday was the lowest in nine days at 777, despite seven more tragic deaths from Covid.



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