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Galway Bay FM 13 February 2021 print Galway Bay FM Newsroom – NUI Galway is operating a Covid-19 student health service this weekend following an outbreak of the virus on campus. The university says there’s been an increase in student cases in Galway. Students who have symptoms are being asked to call a helpline in order to avail of the Covid-19 health service. The helpline number is 087-2623997 and is available between 9am and 9pm over the weekend It is stressed that this number must only be contacted if you have symptoms. A separate helpline is in operation for students who don’t have symptoms but think they may have been exposed to the virus. ....
The latest data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) was published on Thursday. One in 26 people have tested positive for the virus in Dundalk South in the last fortnight, with the second high incidence of 3,783. The region has seen 1,227 cases in the 14 days up to January 11. Dundalk-Carlingford (2,395) and Ardee (2,161) also have well above average disease incidence, as the county has the second-highest in the country at 2,462. Many regions across the country have such high levels of the disease that more than one in 40 have tested positive with all hospitals in the State under severe pressure. Limerick has three different regions with an incidence of over 2,000 per 100,000 as Adare-Rathkeale shows the third-highest incidence in the nation at 3,118, Newcastle West stands at 2,305, while Limerick City West (containing UHL) has an incidence of 2,020. ....