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# mike ryan

This year
2023
Covid pandemic still volatile, WHO warns
More than 23,000 deaths and three million new cases have been reported to the WHO in the past 28 days.
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Apr 18th 2023, 7:10 PM
Last year
2022
# mike ryan
Irish head of emergencies at WHO reveals he received death threats during pandemic
The Sligo-born doctor said that he may have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Sep 21st 2022, 11:42 AM
# Medical Emergency
'You can't go on a waiting list for oxygen': WHO concerned about vital supplies at Ukraine hospitals
Dr Mike Ryan has warned something has to change to allow medical resources to reach hospitals.
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Mar 3rd 2022, 12:33 PM
All time
# omicron
Initial data on Omicron 'doesn't indicate it is more severe', WHO's Dr Mike Ryan says
Pfizer said today its vaccine is “still effective” against the Omicron variant after three doses.
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Dec 8th 2021, 12:43 PM
# World Health Organisation
Covid pandemic is not over despite positive developments, Mike Ryan warns
Ryan said today that masks will remain a key part of life for a long time to come.
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Sep 4th 2021, 5:19 PM
# Living With Covid
'Dates don't drive anything': WHO's Mike Ryan urges Irish public not to focus on when country could reopen
The WHO emergencies expert believes Ireland’s case numbers are too high.
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Feb 22nd 2021, 2:40 PM
# Covid-19
Mike Ryan says there's a 'genuine desire to offer people the hope of Christmas' but risks remain
Dr Ryan said he doesn’t “envy” the Irish government and there are “no easy answers”.
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Nov 26th 2020, 1:15 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: No, the WHO's Dr Mike Ryan didn't say that Covid-19 is 'no more dangerous' than the flu
A number of different posts on Facebook with the same text have claimed that the assertion was made at a WHO briefing.
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Nov 26th 2020, 12:05 AM
# David Nabarro
FactFind: Has the World Health Organisation changed its position on lockdowns?
No. It hasn’t.
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Oct 20th 2020, 12:05 AM
# phase four
Leo Varadkar says a "very cautious" approach will be taken by Cabinet on the advice of NPHET
Time limits, opening hour restrictions and social distancing rules, are possibilities to be discussed by ministers today.
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Aug 4th 2020, 4:57 PM