COVID-19: Lockdowns in Limerick and Dublin "probably not the right response" to rising figures скачать в хорошем качестве

COVID-19: Lockdowns in Limerick and Dublin "probably not the right response" to rising figures

A public health expert is warning that localised lockdowns in Dublin and Limerick are not the right response to the rise COVID-19 cases. More than half of the 307 cases announced yesterday were in Dublin while 19 were in Limerick. Kildare still has the highest 14-day coronavirus rate at 73.71, with Limerick in second place at 70.81 and Dublin in third at 59.38. On Breakfast Briefing with Shane Beatty this morning, DCU Public Health Professor Anthony Staines said lockdowns in Limerick and Dublin would not be effective. “It is clear that something needs to be done and fairly quickly,” he said. “The idea of a further lockdown in either Dublin or Limerick is probably not the right response. “I think we need a national response on this. This is a problem that is not going to stop in those two places. It is going to come up again and again and there is a strong argument to say we need to do something across the whole country but probably do it at county level. “Maybe do different things in different counties depending on what the risk is so we have a response that is trying to get ahead of the virus. “At the moment, our response is trailing behind the virus and we are not really catching up. The virus is ahead of us." Cover Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/PA Images