Siobhan Kennelly
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Older people should increase exercise prior to Covid-19 vaccination – report
- Health
- January 18, 2021, 16:53
Regular aerobic or moderate exercise in weeks and months prior to Covid-19 vaccination can help improve antibody responses post vaccination in older p(...)

Clarity sought on vaccine rollout in nursing home outbreaks
- Health
- January 14, 2021, 18:55
Clarity is being urgently sought from State health officials on whether nursing home residents not infected by Covid-19 in significant outbreaks can (...)

HSE’s Paul Reid says there is a ‘race to save lives’ in hospitals as 77,300 vaccinated against Covid-19
- Irish News
- January 14, 2021, 16:51
A total of 77,303 Covid-19 vaccines have already been administered, with 69,378 vaccinations going to frontline healthcare staff, HSE chief executive (...)

Nursing home infection rates ‘quite unpredictable’, says HSE official
- Health
- May 28, 2020, 10:59
It is “quite unpredictable” why Covid-19 is “particularly virulent in one particular facility versus another,” a senior HSE adviser for older persons (...)

Irish children checked for rare illness potentially linked to Covid-19
- Irish News
- May 15, 2020, 21:00
Seven children in the State have been investigated for a “very rare” Kawasaki-like syndrome potentially linked to Covid-19, Dr Tony Holohan has said. (...)

Coronavirus: 75 care homes at status ‘red’ outbreak
- Irish News
- April 26, 2020, 15:57
Seventy-five long-term residential care facilities are dealing with category “red” outbreaks of coronavirus and facing problems such as serious staff (...)