Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Health Minister Simon Harris and Dr. Tony Holohan, uncomfortable with the arrival of Keelings fruit pickers in Ireland during the coronavirus crisis

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[ad_1] The Taoiseach, Ireland’s leading minister and health doctor faced the arrival of 190 fruit pickers in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday it was learned that a plane loaded with workers was flown to Dublin airport from Sofia in Bulgaria after being hired by the Keelings fruit farm to pick strawberries. When asked … Read more

Why is the Wuhan lab at the center of a virus controversy?

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[ad_1] Located on the outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosecurity laboratory is now the subject of claims by the United States that it may be the birthplace of the pandemic. Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from an animal to humans at a … Read more

Generalized coronavirus infection in the Dublin nursing home – internal memo

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[ad_1] Transmission of coronavirus in a nursing home in Dublin has become widespread in recent days and now affects more than a fifth of the 200 residents, according to an internal memo. There is evidence of coronavirus outbreaks in almost every unit at St Mary’s Hospital in Phoenix Park, which has seen 11 Covid-19-related deaths … Read more

Coronavirus Ireland: Hospital memo calls Covid-19 patients “dirtiest patients”

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[ad_1] A note issued by a major public nursing home that has had 11 Covid-19-related deaths referred to those who had the infection as the “dirtiest patients.” The name of leading medical expert Martin Cormican was associated with the memo seen by Independent.ie, but he did not write it down and called it “offensive”. The … Read more

A 16-year-old boy appears in court charged with the murder of Glen Osborne in Ballybough, Dublin

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[ad_1] A teenager was detained with a recommendation that he receive a mental health evaluation after being charged with the murder of a young man who was allegedly stabbed to death near his home in Dublin. Future father Glen Osborne, 20, of Taafe Place, Ballybough, Dublin 3, was stabbed in the upper body in a … Read more

Teen charged with murder of man after stabbing Dublin

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[ad_1] A 16-year-old boy appeared before the Dublin Children’s Court tonight on the murder of a 20-year-old man in the city on Wednesday night. Glen Osbourne of Taafe Place in Ballybough died after being stabbed in the upper body Wednesday night in the internal parking lot at the Ballybough House apartment complex. Glen Osbourne The … Read more

Sam Smith responds to backlash over “quarantine merger” photo

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[ad_1] Sam Smith has said they “weren’t referring to any malice” by sharing a photo of themselves crying during the shutdown. The 27-year-old singer posted an image to Instagram last month, showing them with his head bowed in apparent despair and titled “Stages of a quarantine crisis.” Some disparagingly compared Smith’s response to that of … Read more

Strawberry picker Keelings’ outrage criticized as’ naive ‘by Irish farmer

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[ad_1] The backlash against the fruit company Keelings has been criticized as “naive” by an Irish farmer. The group was attacked after it chartered a flight from Bulgaria carrying dozens of strawberry pickers during the Covid-19 blockade. The flight arrived from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, on Monday, April 13, with what Dublin-based Keelings says they … Read more

HSE sees “significant growth” in PPE applications from nursing homes

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[ad_1] The Health Services Executive (HSE) says it has seen “significant growth” in requests for personal protective equipment (PPE) from homes that are not home. The agency’s director of operations, Anne O’Connor, says there are 335 long-term residential centers reporting a coronavirus outbreak. About 196 of these are in nursing homes, regarding cases between residents … Read more

Coronavirus: Kate Garraway says her husband is still in ‘deeply critical condition’

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[ad_1] Kate Garraway has released a troubling update on the health of her husband Derek Draper as she continues to fight the coronavirus. The 52-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter admitted that he was in a “deeply critical” condition in intensive care after falling ill with Covid-19 symptoms last week. As the life-threatening virus brought the … Read more