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2. Yep, It's Ireland
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 04:10 PM
Feb 2021

Covid 19 coronavirus: Ireland sees biggest daily spike in the world

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/covid-19-coronavirus-ireland-sees-biggest-daily-spike-in-the-world/IKKBZ4QZSMEJGADV7PLOTXDLKU/

The Irish Times is calling Ireland the "world's worst pandemic hotspot" as the country of 4.9 million sees new daily Covid-19 cases per million people reach levels beyond both the UK and the US.

World-renowned epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding has pointed out Ireland's dire situation, saying the virus is "epically surging" and suggesting that the UK mutant strain has been largely responsible for the spike in cases.



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