The Galway City Central Local Electoral Area has the highest 14-day incidence of Covid-19 in the country with 767.7 cases per 100,000 people in the two weeks to last Monday, 1 March.

This is 3.8 times higher than the national average which was 201.2 cases per 100,000 people on that date. However, Galway city's high disease incidence rate still represents a very significant improvement compared with the previous Monday, when it was as high 1,300 cases per 100,000 people following a rapid increase that occurred in the preceding two weeks.

It is understood that the large student-linked outbreak in the city that went on to infect more than 200 households and 440 people, highlighted yesterday by the Director of Public Health in the region,

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Brielle Beirmann Unapologetically Parties In The Bahamas While Kim Zolciak Battles Covid

Brielle Biermann is unapologetically living her best life in the Caribbean, while her mother Kim Zolciak is in quarantine with the coronavirus. The reality TV star celebrated her 24th birthday in the Bahamas and hasn’t been shy about sharing bikini pics of herself partying with friends and swimming in the ocean. On March 10, she even took to her Instagram Story to share a photo while holding up a bottle of Corona beer. Meanwhile, her 42-year-old mom is at home in Georgia, fighting COVID-19 with her husband, ex football star Kroy Biermann.

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Manitoba warns of possible coronavirus variant exposures in Winnipeg

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'She really needs to see family' - granddaughter welcomes resumption of nursing home visits

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Susan Sarandon says she’ll date ANYONE who’s had the COVID vaccination; Says ‘open to all age, colour, gender’

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Ontario data shows coronavirus case declines levelled off, postponed procedures pose major concern

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$1,400 stimulus checks could hit bank accounts as soon as this weekend, White House says

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Regina’s Milky Way officially opens for spring, summer season

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New Brunswick reports 2 new COVID-19 cases; pharmacists to provide vaccinations

COVID-19 Thursday and announced that pharmacies will play a key role in the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination plan.The two new cases have been identified in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and involve individuals in their 30s and 40s.“Both cases are under investigation and are self-isolating,” the province stated.Beginning Thursday, the province said New Brunswickers who are 85 and older may contact a pharmacist to set up an appointment to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.Appointments will be scheduled at nearly every pharmacy in the province, with the first vaccinations starting Wednesday, March 17.“Right now, only those who are 85 and older, or those calling on their behalf, can contact pharmacies to book an appointment,” said

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Covid-19: 10 further deaths, 592 new cases

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine blocks 97% of symptomatic cases, 94% of asymptomatic cases in Israeli study

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CDC director on COVID-19 pandemic 1-year mark: ‘We are tired, we are lonely, we are impatient’

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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 11, 2021

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COVID-19: 3 more variant cases in Northumberland County; HKPR active cases fall to 28

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Ontario pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine pilot ramping up in 3 regions

COVID-19 vaccine appointments as a pilot project offering shots in pharmacies picks up steam.Oxford-AstraZeneca shots are being given to Ontarians between the ages of 60 to 64 at 325 pharmacies in the Toronto, Windsor and Kingston health units.The Ontario Pharmacists Association says the program _ which is set to launch broadly tomorrow _ has a “rolling start” today, with some sites already administering vaccines.

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Several COVID-19 vaccination clinics opening in Waterloo Region over next 2 weeks

COVID-19 vaccination clinics will open their doors in the area within the next two weeks, Waterloo Region announced Thursday.It says the clinics will open their doors as a steadier supply of vaccine is expected to be available in the area.

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Pfizer CEO expects younger teens to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in fall

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Guelph reports 10 new cases of COVID-19, active cases fall to 77

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Ottawa adds 79 COVID-19 cases to mark 1 year of the coronavirus pandemic

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Sobeys says request to use personal information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients was a mistake

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AstraZeneca‘s COVID-19 vaccine, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is assuring residents the doses here are safe.On Thursday, Denmark, Norway and Iceland joined Austria in suspending that vaccine after reports of the formation of blood clots in some people who have been vaccinated.

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Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars

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EU COVID-19 vaccine passport to provide data on immunization, recovery, tests

COVID-19 certificates combine information on vaccination, recovery from the sickness and test results to avoid discrimination between citizens, a senior official said.Southern EU countries reliant on tourism hope such “passports” would help unlock its summer season this year but ran into opposition from Germany, France and Belgium stressing that inoculation is neither obligatory nor available to all. Race for COVID-19 vaccine passports is on.

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Manitoba premier commemorates 1-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister on Thursday commemorated the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, and he remembered the lives of the over 900 Manitobans who died of the illness.

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Gogglebox star issues warning after family's 'traumatic' Covid ordeal 'Something strange'

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Walgreens expanding vaccine locations in Lake, Marion, Polk, Sumter counties

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Nova Scotia reports no new coronavirus cases, 19 active cases remain

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Punjab records 18 more COVID-19 deaths, over 1,300 new cases

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Maharashtra: Two health officials test COVID-19 postive after 2nd vaccine dose

Maharashtra days after they were given the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, an official said on Thursday.These two district health officials had taken the second jab a few days back.

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ESPN's Stephen A. Smith urges LeBron James to be more transparent with COVID vaccine decision

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Maharashtra: 44 students test COVID-19 positive at a hostel in Latur

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It is 'normal' to feel unwell after Covid jab - most common side effects to look out for

coronavirus jab, doctors have reassured.Side effects from the vaccine being rolled out across Scotland and the UK are 'very common', according to official guidance.People can be hit with tiredness and pain as well as flu-like symptoms - but doctors have said these side effects are normally nothing to worry about.Official UK government guidance says that the vaccines can cause side effects 'like all medicines.'It says that most of these are 'are mild and short-term, and not everyone gets them' and that even if you have symptoms after the first dose you still need the second jab.

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Trudeau honours COVID-19 victims on one-year anniversary of pandemic declaration

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an address from the House of Commons Wednesday, marking one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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