LONG delays are expected for patients attending services across UL Hospitals Group this Friday as a result of a serious ransomware attack on HSE IT systems but the operation of the Clare vaccination centre at Treacys West County Hotel remains unaffected.
Over 170,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered this week while a further 429 cases have been confirmed across the country.
*Photograph: John Mangan Less than five new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Clare while the county’s 14 day incidence rate is at its lowest levels of the year to date.
Medics are observing a continued improvement on COVID-19 hospital numbers while 11 new cases of the virus have been reported in Clare.
Two Clare students are among the individuals organising a week-long conference which will hear from some of the key decision-makers involved in the country’s response to COVID-19.
Two vaccination centres are to be set up in Co Clare over the coming weeks.
Clare’s 14 day incidence rate of COVID-19 remains the ninth lowest in the country while a provisional 15 new cases are known in the county among the 1,254 nationally and 48 extra deaths have been recorded.
There are 6,888 new cases of COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland, 208 are which in Co Clare.
An intervention from a high-profile Irish politician assisted an Ennis company in becoming the biggest supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the HSE last year and obtaining €87m in the process.
Both Ennis Hospital and University Hospital Limerick are under considerable pressure with over 100 staff out of work due to COVID-19 outbreaks.