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Man With Covid19 Who Didn't Isolate Led To 56 Other Infections

Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnelly

12:38 19 Oct 2020


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A man who failed to restrict his movements after returning to Ireland from an trip abroad, led to at least 56 people being infected with the virus.

It's contained in a report published by the Department of Public Health Mid-West.

The index case was abroad on his holidays but he did not restrict his movements as per HSE Guidelines when he returned home.

Symptoms

At first he had mild symptoms including a runny nose and a sore throat.

His temperature was normal and he felt reassured by this, and socialised with a group of friends and he later tested positive for covid-19.

However, by this stage he had infected a number of his friends, three of these went onto infect their families.

Contacts

Another friend who he infected felt unwell and contacted her GP to arrange a test - she had the test in the morning and by the afternoon she felt better and decided to attend a friends party.

After the party she got her test result and it was positive.

By attending the party while waiting for her test result she ended up infecting a number of others.

One of the extended family members of the index case who had no symptoms played a match with his local team, and a number of his team mates were infected as a result, and a number of his team mates went onto infect a number of others.

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