🇮🇪 Ireland: COVID-19 cases have surged over 60% in the past fortnight.

Variant LP.8.1 accounted for 38% of cases in the last 5 weeks.

Last week saw 28 outbreaks, all in healthcare settings—13 in nursing homes, 10 in hospitals, 4 in residential homes, and 1 in a community hospital.

Source: https://archive.md/4KeeQ

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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

Just read that again slowly: “28 outbreaks, all in healthcare settings”…

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNot0ver #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #HealthCare

@Su_G @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

They will be the places where people are most likely to be tested, but they’re also places where the lack of effort to protect people could be seen as abuse, rather than mere neglect.