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Bishops to close churches if swine-flu threat increases
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By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent
Tuesday September 15 2009
Catholic bishops are ready to order the closure of churches and advise Mass-goers against giving each other the sign of peace to reduce the risk of swine flu if health experts step up their advice.
A spokesman for the Catholic Communciations Office said the bishops had discussed the swine flu threat at their summer meeting and agreed that each diocese should decide on what precautionary actions are to be taken.
The news came after Fr Cathal O Fearrai, of the parish of Kilbarron in south Donegal, announced that all priests and lay ministers of the eucharist should wash their hands with sanitiser before giving out communion.
He is also stopping the sharing of the sign of peace in several churches in the parish.
A Catholic Church spokesman sai
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By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent
Tuesday September 15 2009
Catholic bishops are ready to order the closure of churches and advise Mass-goers against giving each other the sign of peace to reduce the risk of swine flu if health experts step up their advice.
A spokesman for the Catholic Communciations Office said the bishops had discussed the swine flu threat at their summer meeting and agreed that each diocese should decide on what precautionary actions are to be taken.
The news came after Fr Cathal O Fearrai, of the parish of Kilbarron in south Donegal, announced that all priests and lay ministers of the eucharist should wash their hands with sanitiser before giving out communion.
He is also stopping the sharing of the sign of peace in several churches in the parish.
A Catholic Church spokesman sai
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Catholic bishops are ready to order the closure of churches and advise Mass-goers against giving each other the sign of peace to reduce the risk of swine flu if health experts step up their advice.
A spokesman for the Catholic Communciations Office said the bishops had discussed the swine flu threat at their summer meeting and agreed that each diocese should decide on what precautionary actions are to be taken.
The news came after Fr Cathal O Fearrai, of the parish of Kilbarron in south Donegal, announced that all priests and lay ministers of the eucharist should wash their hands with sanitiser before giving out communion.
He is also stopping the sharing of the sign of peace in several churches in the parish.
A Catholic Church spokesman said yesterday that the bishops were willing to urge people to avoid physical contact in the church by not giving the sign of peace or even receiving communion, but they would be guided by the public health experts in the HSE.
It is possible that they will recommend that members of the public stay away from Mass if they have symptoms of flu.
At the moment, however, the advice from the HSE is that churches, schools and other public places should continue as normal while observing basic safeguards on sneezing, coughing and handwashing.
The latest figures show that the numbers contracting the virus have actually plateaued.
Figures show that there were 37.4 cases per 100,000 last week, which is broadly in line with the previous six weeks.
The numbers contracting swine flu are significantly lower than those recorded for the 'normal' flu during the winter months.
While the swine flu numbers are currently at 37.4 per 100,000, the peak of the flu last winter was around 120 per 100,000 -- almost four times as many.
The fact that numbers are remaining largely static is seen as
A spokesman for the Catholic Communciations Office said the bishops had discussed the swine flu threat at their summer meeting and agreed that each diocese should decide on what precautionary actions are to be taken.
The news came after Fr Cathal O Fearrai, of the parish of Kilbarron in south Donegal, announced that all priests and lay ministers of the eucharist should wash their hands with sanitiser before giving out communion.
He is also stopping the sharing of the sign of peace in several churches in the parish.
A Catholic Church spokesman said yesterday that the bishops were willing to urge people to avoid physical contact in the church by not giving the sign of peace or even receiving communion, but they would be guided by the public health experts in the HSE.
It is possible that they will recommend that members of the public stay away from Mass if they have symptoms of flu.
At the moment, however, the advice from the HSE is that churches, schools and other public places should continue as normal while observing basic safeguards on sneezing, coughing and handwashing.
The latest figures show that the numbers contracting the virus have actually plateaued.
Figures show that there were 37.4 cases per 100,000 last week, which is broadly in line with the previous six weeks.
The numbers contracting swine flu are significantly lower than those recorded for the 'normal' flu during the winter months.
While the swine flu numbers are currently at 37.4 per 100,000, the peak of the flu last winter was around 120 per 100,000 -- almost four times as many.
The fact that numbers are remaining largely static is seen as
Not at all.Think that swine flu maybe differs slightly from 'normal' flu but as with both you have to be vigilant.My daughter has swine flu ATM but is recovering well as she is a fit 20yr old -its not prevalent where we live so there are a lot of cynics but she caught it probably on the plane back from Bulgaria or even there -who knows?
However -I remember a few years back -maybe 5yr say and the normal flu became almost a pandemic and my local paper which has sometimes a few columns of deaths every day (The Dundee Courier) had pages of deaths.Poor souls, but its just to highlight that when we are warned that we have to be extra vigilant there is a reason behind it -so its not a case of Swine Flu over exposure- its just making sure that we all take the necesary precautions.Dont say we havent been warned !!!
However -I remember a few years back -maybe 5yr say and the normal flu became almost a pandemic and my local paper which has sometimes a few columns of deaths every day (The Dundee Courier) had pages of deaths.Poor souls, but its just to highlight that when we are warned that we have to be extra vigilant there is a reason behind it -so its not a case of Swine Flu over exposure- its just making sure that we all take the necesary precautions.Dont say we havent been warned !!!
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