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Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said: “For the population at large, the growth rate is at zero and the transmission of the virus is effectively

The Health Information and Quality Authority has published a rapid health technology assessment (HTA) of alternative diagnostic testing methods for detecting Covid-19, as requested by the National Public Health Emergency

Paracetamol should only be used by someone who has Covid-19 if they are miserable with a fever, Dr Marie Finn, a GP has said, because there is evidence to show that

Nuacht TG4 has learned that the number of people who have been recruited under Minister Simon Harris' "Ireland On-Call" initiative, announced on St Patrick's Day, is less than 2% of

The World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19 has said the world cannot wait for universal testing, or a vaccine to "come out of lockdown" and people will have to find new

This is interesting: Norway's government says it considers the coronavirus outbreak to be "under control" in the country. It said the reproduction rate of the disease - the number of

The Czech government is considering relaxing lockdown measures that have stifled the economy if an apparent levelling off in the growth of coronavirus infections is confirmed in the coming days,

A man who tried to walk from France to Spain to buy cheap cigarettes was rescued in the Pyrenees mountains - only to be fined for flouting anti-coronavirus regulations. The

A parent of a newly qualified midwife has contacted me and says: “I am sick with worry every time I drop her to work. As a family each of us