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Calls to give medical cards to all Travellers to help cope with Covid-19 threat

Officially, there have been eight deaths among Travellers since last October, which Pavee Point believes is an undercount, saying it knows of at least 15 since the crisis began. In the most recent reporting window – the last week of March – there were 21 outbreaks and 112 cases among the Traveller population, according to Junior Health Minister Frankie Feighan. Ms Fay said Pavee Point recognised that further infections, and possibly even deaths, could be happening because a minority of Travellers were defying public health advice and that of the organisation in order to attend funerals. “There is a culture within the Traveller community that there is a lack of respect shown if you do not attend a funeral,” she said.

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