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Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae says he wants level five restrictions eased in Kerry soon due to low COVID-19 transmission levels in the county.
He says people in the country are worn down and absolutely fed up with their lot .
Level five restrictions for the entire country
Kerry, meanwhile, is the county with the lowest incidence rate in the country -
with latest figures showing a 14-day incidence rate of 36 per 100,000 population, compared to the national rate of 226 per 100,000.
Speaking to
The Hard Shoulder, Deputy Healy-Rae said he believes sectors such as construction can now start safely reopening in Kerry, as the virus isn t growing in rural areas or small communities.
Fourth wave warning; we need 100% vaccine coverage says Cork-based expert
Professor Killeen said that total universal coverage of the population with the vaccine should see an end to the spread of Covid-19 but that reopening the country “before there s 100% vaccine coverage is the recipe for disaster”.
Breda Graham
A Cork-based expert in the field of infectious disease has warned that reopening the country before there s 100% vaccine coverage across the whole population “is the recipe for disaster”.
Comparing the current situation in Irish hospitals to that of African hospitals dealing with malaria, AXA Research Chair of Applied Pathogen Ecology at University College Cork (UCC) Gerry Killeen said that it was predictable from the beginning.