Initial funding of €5m has been allocated to examine potential medical treatments, smart technology and other practical solutions that can be employed in the coming months.

The funding follows a call from the Health Research Board and Science Foundation Ireland for rapid response research to tackle the impact of Covid-19.

It is part of a wider international effort to develop solutions and provide real-time data to inform policy responses. The impact of existing measures will be analysed in detail to determine how effective they are and to see what the longer term implications could be.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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