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Monday 21 September 2020
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Emergency services continue to operate as normal as the hospital deals with a norovirus outbreak.
The bug is highly contagious and the hospital is working to stop it spreading.
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Hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill with vomiting and diarrhea according to the the US Centers for Disease Control.
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The hospital has asked all visitors to stay away as incidences of the winter vomiting bug increase in the community.
Last Friday the hospital introduced visiting restrictions but has now stepped this up.
There has been a rise in the number of people with the virus in the community over the past number of weeks.
The hospital is trying to contain an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug and has asked the public to avoid visiting unless absolutely essential.
Children will not be permitted as visitors, while only one essential visitor will be allowed in for two hours each evening.
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The combination of holiday ailments and the winter vomiting bug mean hospitals are busier than they might usually be.
Restrictions are still place in Limerick and Cavan though the number of reported cases have significantly declined.
Relatives of very ill patients are asked to contact the hospital in advance of visits and no children are allowed to visit until further notice.
An outbreak of the winter vomiting bug means the hospital has introduced visiting restrictions, including to emergency wards.
The hospital has appealed to the public to refrain from making unnecessary visits.
Restrictions had been in place over the Bank Holiday weekend following an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
The number of people at the hospital affected by the winter vomiting bug has now reached 300.
Visitors have been urged to stay away from Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, where a number of wards are affected.
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There have been 11 new cases of the bug at two Dublin hospitals in the last 24 hours.
The two Dublin hospitals are advising against all non-essential visits after an outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
Forty-two patients and some staff have already been hit by the winter vomiting bug – so only essential visits are allowed to the Dublin hospital.
Visiting restrictions have been put in place at both Mayo General Hospital and Limerick’s Mid-Western Regional Hospital.
The Tipperary hospital introduces a temporary visitors ban after three cases of C-Difficile, and one of Norovirus, are found.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
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