"This will further reduce hospital capacity to admit patients for scheduled and unscheduled care."ĭr. In a letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, he said: "If the recent rising trend in hospitalised cases continues, we are likely to see increased pressure on the hospital system over the coming weeks. This comes as the chief medical officer warned that hospitals are under 'increased pressure' from Covid-19. General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha told Virgin Media News, “There are very real reasons why masks have been shown to slow down transmission and that is what we need now because our hospitals are overcrowded to a level that we normally don’t see in winter - and it’s June." The INMO also wants a return to mandatory mask-wearing on public transport in particular. I travelled recently and I was one of four people on the plane wearing a mask.” 'Slow down transmission' “It is not complete prevention,” she said, “but it is a very good tool. In line with the startling figures at the moment, Loscher said that we already have the tools to prevent the spread, one of them being mask-wearing in certain settings. “We're not really going to know how many cases we have because we have quite restrictive PCR testing at the moment.”Ī passenger wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus sits in a bus It was a relatively short three- or four-week period where BA.5 took off and because it is more transmissible, they had more cases. “They have had an uptake in cases, but they seem to be on the decline now. “We have just seen what Portugal has been through,” she said. Speaking to Brendan O’Connor, Professor Christine Loscher said there may be as many as 10,000 daily cases thanks to the highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 strains. No confirmation that the mandatory wearing of face masks in public will be reintroduced at this point, however, it has been hinted at by a number of experts as well as the INMO.Ī DCU Professor of Immunology spoke to RTE earlier this week and said Ireland is entering a summer wave of Covid-19 and that it’s hard to know the exact figures at the moment. Health experts call for masks to be reintroduced "Please get vaccinated because we know vaccination works in terms of preventing serious illness and death and that's the key message that I would have today - get vaccinated - to people who are not vaccinated or haven't taken their fourth vaccination," he said. And for more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter."What I would appeal to people is to get vaccinated, particularly those who have been recommended for a fourth vaccine. He explained that many people prefer cloth masks because they are reusable, but they don't provide the necessary level of protection against new COVID strains. "When it comes to the penetration of certain new variants the question is raised of what kind of mask to recommend to the general public," Didier Lepelletier, PhD, said on BFM TV. 18 that they advise against fabric masks, especially with the more transmissible strains of COVID making the rounds. Veran's comments come after France's health council made it clear on Jan. "All masks which have a filtering power greater than 90 percent are valid-that includes almost all surgical masks for the general public," he added. The Health Minister would prefer people opt for more protective masks. " Artisan masks that you make at home, with the best intentions in the world, respecting the official advice, do not necessarily offer all the necessary guarantees," Veran said.
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Sladic / iStockįrance's Health Minister Olivier Veran was very vocal about his professional opinion on fabric face masks while on France Inter radio on Jan. France's Health Minister just cautioned the public against using cloth masks.
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