''Today marks a year since I was in the Nursing home visiting my Mom''

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''Today marks a year since I was in the Nursing home visiting my Mom''

There are hopes that nursing home visits might return within weeks after evidence that vaccines have lead to a significant drop in infections and deaths among residents. The number of coronavirus cases reported from nursing homes has fallen by 82% in a single week which the HSE says must be attributable to the rollout of vaccines. In the week leading up to February 14th there were 482 lab-reported cases from nursing homes, in the following week up to February 21st there were 91. Andrea hears from listeners. Listen and subscribe to Lunchtime Live on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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''Today marks a year since I was in the Nursing home visiting my Mom''