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THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC, WHERE MANY OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE IN IRELAND, SPREAD TO THE COUNTRY AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 2020.

THE SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE
ON 29 FEBRUARY IRELAND ANNOUNCED THE FIRST CASE OF THE INFECTED VIRUS ON ITS TERRITORY. THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS RETURNED FROM NORTHERN ITALY TO THE COUNTRY, ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST SEVERE INFECTIOUS AREAS.

ON 11 MARCH, IRELAND ANNOUNCED THE FIRST DEATH INCIDENT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS IN ITS TERRITORY.

ON THAT DAY, IRELAND ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF ALL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WOULD CLOSE TO 29 MARCH.

ON 12 MARCH, THE DUBLIN ZOO ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD CLOSE ITS DOORS DUE TO THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

ON 13 MARCH, IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER SIMON CUBAN SAID HE WAS OFFERING IRISH CITIZENS TO RUN A “HIGH MEASURE OF CAUTION” BEFORE DECIDING TO FLY TO ONE OF EU COUNTRIES.

THE SAME DAY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALL THE PARKS THROUGHOUT DUBLIN WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS FOR TWO WEEKS.

IN ADDITION, THE IRISH AIRLINES, RAINIER AND AIR LEINGS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD MADE THEIR FLIGHTS TO ITALY.

ON 14 MARCH, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS PROHIBITING THE LANDING OF FLIGHTS FROM IRELAND IN THE UNITED STATES FROM MARCH 16.

THAT SAME DAY, IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER SIMON CUBAN ANNOUNCED THE PUBLICATION OF A TRIP TO POLAND, SLOVAKIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK AND MALTA.

ON MARCH 15, IRELAND ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CLOSE ALL THE PUBS AND BARS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL MARCH 29.

ON MARCH 17, IRELAND ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY TOURIST FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULD BE OBLIGED TO ENTER THE ISOLATION OF 14 DAYS, EXCEPT NORTHERN IRELAND.

ON THE SAME DAY, TURKEY ANNOUNCED IT WAS PROHIBITING THE DEPARTURE OF FLIGHTS TO IRELAND AND LANDING FLIGHTS FROM IT IN TURKEY DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

ON 18 MARCH, REINER ANNOUNCED THAT MOST OF HER FLIGHTS TO HER GLOBAL TARGETS WOULD BE GROUNDED FROM MARCH 24 DUE TO THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

ON MARCH 19, THE SWEDISH FURNITURE COMPANY IKEA ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CLOSING ALL ITS BRANCHES ACROSS IRELAND FROM MARCH 20.

ON MARCH 22, THE AMERICAN FAST FOOD NETWORK, MCDONALD’S ANNOUNCED THAT IT CLOSES ALL BRANCHES ACROSS IRELAND FROM MARCH 24.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, ON MARCH 23, THE FAST-FOOD NETWORK, KFC ANNOUNCED THAT IT CLOSES ALL BRANCHES ACROSS IRELAND.

ON THE SAME DAY, THE BANK OF IRELAND ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CLOSING 101 OF ITS FILTERS TEMPORARILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM 24 MARCH AND THAT ONLY 161 BRANCHES WOULD REMAIN OPEN.

ON 27 MARCH, THE MIDLANDS REJIELS HOSPITAL ANNOUNCED THAT IT PROHIBITS VISITS FROM RELATIVES OF NEWBORNS DUE TO THE FEAR OF MASS INFECTION.

IN EARLY MAY, THE EXIT STRATEGY WAS PUBLISHED. ON MAY 18, THE FIRST LIGHTS BEGAN. THE MORBIDITY REMAINED UNDER 100 TO 15 AUGUST. ON 12 AUGUST, REGIONAL GUIDELINES WERE ANNOUNCED.

ON 18 AUGUST IT WAS DECIDED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN GATHERINGS. THIS IS PARALLEL TO THE REGIONAL TREATMENT OF THE ONGOING MORBID CENTERS.

THE NATIONAL MORBIDITY BEGAN TO RISE SHARPLY IN SEPTEMBER AND IN OPTBAR. ON SEPTEMBER 15, A PLAN WAS PUBLISHED THAT DEFINED 5 LEVELS OF RESTRICTIONS. THEY WERE DEFINED ACCORDING TO DISTRICTS. THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS AT LEVEL 2, EXCEPT DUBLIN.

ON 5 OCTOBER, THE LEVEL OF RESTRICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY INCREASED: THE GATHERINGS OUTSIDE WERE RESTRICTED TO 15 WERE PERMITTED, WHICH WAS IN A RESTAURANT IN THE OPEN AIR AND SO ON. ON 14 OCTOBER, INDIVIDUAL VISITS WERE PROHIBITED FOR VITAL PURPOSES. IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS, RESTRICTIONS WERE ALSO PRESERVED.

ON 19 OCTOBER, I DECIDED TO CLOSE MY COUNTRY (LEVEL 5). THE GARDENS AND SCHOOLS REMAIN OPEN. THE BEGINNING BEGAN TO DECLINE.

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STATE WOULD RETURN TO THE LEVEL OF 3 WHEN THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD WAS CONFISCATED. AS PART OF LEVEL 3, RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED REGARDING ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

ON 1 DECEMBER, ALL NON-ESSENTIAL MARKETING SHOPS, NUMBERS, BEAUTY SALONS, GYMS