Foreign travel is helping to fuel the Delta variant spiral, as 800 virus cases were linked to trips abroad in the last fortnight, including among fully-vaccinated people. HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry said that among the 70 Covid-19 deaths where vaccination status was known between May 14 and July 13, just 12 were fully vaccinated people. Separately, six patients fully vaccinated against Covid-19 were admitted to intensive care between March 25 and July 11. Of the 131 intensive care patients whose vaccination status was known during that time, 20 had one dose. Of the 26 patients who were admitted to intensive care and were partially vaccinated, 88pc had an underlying condition.

Source: Irish Independent July 23, 2021 01:30 UTC