Coronavirus in Ireland/N Ireland

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The first case of Coronavirus has been confirmed in Northern Ireland.
A passenger travelled from Italy to the North via Dublin.
I don't know how we will cope in the Republic if we have large numbers ill with the virus as our health service is already at breaking point.

BREAKING NEWS: An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, will address the country tonight at 9pm on RTE One...

I wonder are we going into lock down now

Did robin Swann say they have 80 respirators in NI? And ordering another 40? Or was that beds?

They are seriously under reporting & it's so risky & worrying.

If anyone is on Facebook & distancing with dc the page 'family lockdown tips & ideas' is amazing. The likes of this & lots of experts doing vids etc

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/wind-in-the-willows-coronavirus-stream-free51205.html?utmm_source=facebook&utmmedium=email&utmm_campaign=17march2020

Wonder what Leo has got to say to us. We ventured out for a walk today and so did Every man and his dog, it was busier in some places than I've seen in a long time. Very few people keeping to the 1.5m between people rule which was stressful.

We went to the beach and people were fairly well spaced - but loads of people going while we were on the way home. Unless they were going to Lidl! It's on the way to the beach.

I cried at the notice in Lidl today reminding people to be kind.

I took a visually impaired friend out for a walk today, to explain that we probably won’t be able to do this for a while. This evening she phoned me to tell me that her daughter has symptoms and they are self isolating.

How quick is the incubation or infection period?

Dh reckons 5-7 days.

I'm sure by now we all think we have symptoms. In the crash we knew we had no money!

RTE has put George Lee in charge I wish they hadn't, he stresses me out!

This is a good summation of today's developments.

www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0317/1123663-coronavirus-ireland/

Also the Gardaí are hiring a shitload of extra cars to visit people in need.

Thank God no more deaths today in ROI.

We have been very fortunate to only have 2 so far. ICUs definitely not overburdened yet, from what I've heard.

I'm really nervous about Leo speaking at 9pm.

George is very shouty, but less shouty than Charlie Bird. I wonder what all the sports reporters will do?

Do we reckon Leo is going to announce lockdown from Thursday?

Yes I think lockdown is coming, hes called the television broadcast under an act that is used for emergencies

To be honest though I think it would be better off to call it to start immediately, if we wait until Thursday morning there will be so many people panicking tomorrow

For cases in NI I have heard (rumour only) that there were apparently 9 in Antrim Hospital, and there was a least 1 in Causeway. Take with a pinch of salt, as I say no idea how accurate that is.

Where did you hear that @D2k

I think lockdown from Thursday night. We have everything we need but I'm still nervous about it.

@NoGravyForYou every news report has it included, rte, the journal etc

@NoGravyForYou it's on the RTÉ site

www.rte.ie/news/2020/0317/1123774-taoiseach-to-broadcast-to-country-on-covid-19-at-9pm
Rte news

Here we go...

This doesn’t sound like he’s announcing a lockdown.

He did that very well, very glad he's in charge

Nothing new there but a nice speech non the less. Basically saying the schools will be off for much longer than the next week or so.

He is so much more reassuring than Boris. Give him the North!