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COVID-19 is nothing like contracting a bad ‘flu, a local family doctor has warned. Proffessor Liam Glynn has warned the virus is twice as infectious as the ‘flu, results in 20 times more people requiring hospitalisation and kills at least ten times more people. The Professor of General Practice at the Graduate Entry Medical, University of Limerick is producing a daily breakdown of Covid-19 cases and deaths in several countries with Dr Michael O’Callaghan, a Bruff GP who is trained as a software engineer and data analyst. This initiative is a collaboration between the University of Limerick and the Irish College of General Practitioners. Dr Glynn said it was important to provide clear factual information about the incidence of this deadly disease from a trusted source during this crisis. They provide daily figures of new Covid-19 cases, fatalities in different countries like South Korean, Italy, Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom and Ireland, which are posted in a graph on twitter. The …
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