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Kim oLeary

Covid-19 Ireland: Hospitals battling 'perfect storm' amid virus surge, says HSE chief

Irish hospitals are battling against a "perfect storm" of high Covid-19 cases, staff absences, and busy emergency departments.

That's according to HSE chief Paul Reid, who added that emergency departments are setting new records of patient intakes weekly.

It comes following criticism from the World Health Organisation that Ireland lifted its Covid-19 restrictions too quickly.

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