This is very concerning. There are 60-70 new infections amongst HCWs being confirmed every day, few of them likely to be have been associated with travel. Now almost 200 nurses and more than 150 doctors (who make up a small percentage of the workforce) infected. https://twitter.com/merrionstreet/status/1245064437092028416">https://twitter.com/merrionst...
More than 200 allied health care workers too. The importance of adequate PPE cannot be stressed highly enough or, as in Italy (where more than 50 doctors-many of them GPs-have tragically died), many front-line key health care professionals in Irelandmay be lost or become v. ill.
And a further 105 Health Care Worker infections announced in Ireland this evening. By far the biggest daily number announced so far. @rtenews @RTE_PrimeTime @IMO_IRL @INMO_IRL @MedisecIreland #PPE