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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ed-as-covid-19-cases-surge-along-irish-border
Concerns raised as Covid-19 cases surge along Irish border
Experts question ministers’ assertion that increase has nothing to do with divergent lockdowns
A surge in coronavirus infections on Ireland’s border with Northern Ireland has prompted concern about a possible spillover between the two jurisdictions.
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Wed 29 Apr 2020 17.31 BST
Seven of the eight counties in Ireland with the highest incidence of cases are now clustered in the north-east, epidemiological reports from Ireland’s Health Service Executive showed this week.
Cavan, a largely rural landscape, has overtaken Dublin as the county with the highest rate of infection, with an incidence of 753.5 per 100,000 people compared with Dublin’s 684.6. Cavan has a 43-mile border with the county of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, which has a looser lockdown than the republic.
Infection rates have also increased sharply in Monaghan, which has an incidence of 570.2, and Louth, with 463.2...
Concerns raised as Covid-19 cases surge along Irish border
Experts question ministers’ assertion that increase has nothing to do with divergent lockdowns
A surge in coronavirus infections on Ireland’s border with Northern Ireland has prompted concern about a possible spillover between the two jurisdictions.
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Wed 29 Apr 2020 17.31 BST
Seven of the eight counties in Ireland with the highest incidence of cases are now clustered in the north-east, epidemiological reports from Ireland’s Health Service Executive showed this week.
Cavan, a largely rural landscape, has overtaken Dublin as the county with the highest rate of infection, with an incidence of 753.5 per 100,000 people compared with Dublin’s 684.6. Cavan has a 43-mile border with the county of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, which has a looser lockdown than the republic.
Infection rates have also increased sharply in Monaghan, which has an incidence of 570.2, and Louth, with 463.2...