The Department of Public Health Mid-West is reporting an increase in COVID-19 outbreaks in workplaces in Limerick and across the Mid-West following a sharp increase in the incidence rate in recent weeks.
The Department of Public Health Mid-West, UL Hospitals Group, and HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare would like to thank the public and frontline workers for their enormous sacrifices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Limerick will this week facilitate another round of on-campus mass testing, in partnership with Public Health Mid-West, to help manage the current outbreak among the student population and to prevent further transmission of COVID-19.
The Department of Public Health Mid-West is expressing concerns over an increase in social gatherings across the region, and is appealing to the public to avoid these behaviours during this critical period of the COVID-19 pandemic.