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Covid-19 Updates – February 2022

Covid-19 Updates - February 2022

Immunocompromised advised to get Covid booster

The Department of Public Health Mid-West, the UL Hospitals Group, and HSE Mid West Community Healthcare is encouraging people who are immunocompromised, or those with weak immune systems, to avail of their additional COVID-19 vaccine dose in order to be fully-vaccinated.

Compulsory facemask wearing at marts lifted

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., has welcomed the lifting of the requirement for compulsory facemask wearing at livestock marts from Monday 28th February as per new public health guidelines.

NDLS “blackguarding” the elderly – McNamara

Junior Transport Minister Hildegarde Naughton has confirmed that the temporary Covid downgrading of National Driving Licence Service (NDLS) offices across the State, including the Clare office in Ennis Shopping Centre, has now been made permanent.

Clare vaccination centre relocating to Ennis Hospital

The Clare COVID-19 Vaccination Centre is relocating from the West County Hotel back to the old outpatients department in the grounds of Ennis Hospital, opening for business on Friday of next week, February 25th.
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Partial resumption of visiting at UHL and Ennis

Visiting restrictions in University Hospital Limerick and Ennis Hospital are being partially relaxed with immediate effect, as part of the ongoing management of recent outbreaks of COVID-19 in those hospital sites.

Man in Donegal court charged with Clare offences

A man has appeared in court in Co Donegal charged in connection with alleged traffic offences in Clare.

T.D. pushes for tax-free bonus for frontline workers

Clare Independent Deputy Michael McNamara has requested the Government to enable employers to provide a €1,000 Covid bonus to qualifying employees without them or their employees incurring a tax liability.
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