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Áras An Uachtaráin
President Higgins and his wife Sabina have tested positive for Covid-19
The President is isolating and will continue to work from home.
PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins has tested positive for Covid-19.
A spokesperson for Áras an Uachtaráin said 80-year-old President Higgins and his wife Sabina displayed mild Covid-19 symptoms this morning and have tested positive on antigen tests.
They will be isolating for the next seven days. While isolating President Higgins will continue to work from home.
Current guidelines state that healthy people over the age of 55 only need to get a PCR test if they have not had a Covid-19 vaccine booster.
The most recent statistics show that there were 661 patients in hospital with the coronavirus disease in Ireland yesterday, including 46 people in intensive care units.
The Department of Health reported 4,042 PCR-confirmed cases yesterday. An additional 4,746 positive antigen tests were registered through the HSE portal.
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