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.
Symptoms of #coronavirus include:
❗fever (high temperature - 38 degrees Celsius or above)
❗cough - this can be any kind of cough, not just dry
❗loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
❗shortness of breath or breathing difficulties
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