Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed)
Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Am I correct in saying that many countries, including Ireland, have witnessed an increase in detected cases but that has not, thankfully, been accompanied by an increase in hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths? How much have we increased our ICU capacity by since the initial lockdown in March? It seems to be an international trend. From what I understand, Dr. Glynn said the only reason for that is because elderly people have not contracted the virus up to now and once they do we will see an increase. Am I correct in summarising his position?
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