Yep. Don't think covid zero is tenable. https://t.co/nAkJrr5aef

— Rodrigo Zeidan (@RodZeidan) April 9, 2022

My wife is a member of the rice, milk, milk and yogurt group (yes, they are two separate groups), fruit, wheat, and meat groups, to name a few.
The fruit group placed an order for strawberries and mango. But the minimum order was 25lbs of mango and 8lbs of strawberry. pic.twitter.com/ydV3XSZcRG

— Rodrigo Zeidan (@RodZeidan) April 9, 2022

The answer from a neighbor: "we are here to deal with essential staples, not to waste our time on your first-world problems."

From the chicken group, my wife acquired two whole chickens. Meat! The chickens arrived, but they came whole, with heads and feet, which we don't eat.

— Rodrigo Zeidan (@RodZeidan) April 9, 2022

Today, a new app came out. We registered, and the code is valid for the next 30 days. We no longer need to waste time on this task, among so many others.
Supply centers are also being created to improve food distribution.

— Rodrigo Zeidan (@RodZeidan) April 9, 2022

We are all connected. There is no respect for this fact.

— Geoff (@Duderridesalot) April 8, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊562 positive cases reported in the past 24 hours. Sadly, 3 deaths have been reported in that period.

💉3,766,488 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines➡️ https://t.co/U3zWHYKxDs

DoH dashboard will be updated on Monday 11 April 2022. pic.twitter.com/pnQhXGpR6M

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 10, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊632 positive cases reported in the past 24 hours. Sadly, 3 deaths have been reported in that period.

💉3,767,535 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/mlSN9DWQsM

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 11, 2022

Monday, 11/04/2022 Ireland
Reported today
Positivity rate 25.34%
New COVID cases 3,764
PCR 1,715
Antigen 2,049
Deaths 21
Hospital 1,081
ICU 55

Sun, 10th
Cases 3,167
PCR 1,442
Antigen 1,725

Sat, 9th
Cases 5,277
PCR 2,756
Antigen 2,521

Total cases last week 43,937
+ Deaths 77

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 11, 2022

Looks like at least one country managed to effectively beat Omicron.

Cuba's vaccine coverage and focus on children helped beat back Omicron, experts say https://t.co/Uup6ckTaIw

— Jess (@MeetJess) February 18, 2022

Given that Delta was a major problem in Cuba:

Cuba has been ravaged this summer by the Delta variant. Coronavirus cases have soared and the country’s medical system is swamped.

“The funeral homes can’t cope, the hospitals can’t cope, the clinics can’t cope,” one doctor said. https://t.co/wpCYeslW9l

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 18, 2021

One simplistic understanding could be that maybe mRNA vaccines were more effective against Delta and the protein-based ones- Cuba produced 5- won out over Omicron.

Then again, Cuba wasn’t heavily vaccinated until after the Delta wave.

Cuba, now leading the world in vaccine doses per 100,000 people, has managed quite a turnaround from being one of the worst-hit countrieshttps://t.co/CtQtGERWps@OurWorldInData
It can be done. pic.twitter.com/GLjfCpiuR3

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 14, 2021

They had previously succeeded via NPIs.

Until the Delta variant, Cuba was faring much better than the US against covid, and is currently faring similarly to some European nations. pic.twitter.com/HHJM7pd72j

— Treebeard ☭ (@bisexualbivalve) July 12, 2021

I don’t know if Cuba’s protein-based vaccines are better than China’s but, given China’s troubles now and notwithstanding their vaccination rates being below Cuba’s, it looks likely that the other major factor may have been the quick vaccination of children aged 2 and up before Omicron.

Cuba is now one of the most vaccinated countries - 89% of their total population has received at least one dose (including children as young as 2). A three-dose combination of their home-grown protein vaccine has 92% efficacy against symptomatic infection.https://t.co/FB9ByhGmXh

— Dr Zoë Hyde (@DrZoeHyde) November 23, 2021

Cuba is leading the world in the fight against COVID-19, a vaccine safe enough for children as low as age 2 is a game changer

— Renair Benjamin (@RenairB) September 20, 2021

Cuba developed their own three shot vaccine and it is good down to two year old kids. They are now in the process of boosting everyone. Too bad we weren't co operating with them to get this vaccine for our little ones. Best wishes on staying safe.

— EKW (@EKWFUA22) March 15, 2022

Some text from the article referenced in the first tweet, above.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cubas-vaccine-coverage-focus-children-helped-beat-back-omicron-experts-say-2022-02-17/

“Cuba, whose Communist rulers have long sought to stand out among developing countries by providing a free healthcare system and one that focuses on preventative treatment such as vaccinations, developed its own COVID vaccines and became the first country in the world to begin the mass vaccination of kids as young as age 2.

Health workers on the Caribbean island have since fully inoculated 1.8 million children between 2 and 18 years of age, or upwards of 96% of the total, with no serious side effects reported, according to official Cuban data.

Eduardo Martinez, president of the state-run pharmaceutical firm BioCubaFarma, said that campaign set Cuba apart in its fight against Omicron.

"Elsewhere in the world, the virus is circulating more in the pediatric population, but that is not happening in Cuba," he said.

Cuba´s success to date against Omicron comes as a relief to authorities. A spike in cases in 2021 and economic crisis resulted in food and medicine shortages, power blackouts and the largest anti-government protests since Fidel Castro´s 1959 revolution.”

Cuba Relaxes Entry Restrictions with Its Hopeful Scenario against Covid https://t.co/KpKmylckQH

— @ResumenUS (@resumenus) April 6, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊927 positive cases reported in the past 24 hours. Sadly, 2 deaths have been reported in that period.

💉3,768,325 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/whT5jmurlS

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 12, 2022

Tuesday, 12/04/2022 Ireland
Reported today -
Positivity rate 22.39%
New COVID cases +4,761
PCR 1,749
Antigen 3,012
Deaths 19
Hospital 1,004
ICU 53 (+5 admitted)

Total cases notified so far this week: 8,525
Total deaths notified so far this week: 40

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 12, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊770 positive cases reported in the past 24 hours. Sadly, 3 deaths have been reported in that period.

💉3,769,548 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard➡️ https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines➡️ https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/98FLBAaaCQ

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 13, 2022

Wednesday, 13/04/2022 Ireland
Reported today -
Positivity rate 23.24%
New COVID cases +4,728
PCR 2,098
Antigen 2,630
Deaths 16
Hospital 933
ICU 58 (+8 admitted)

Total cases notified so far this week: 13,253
Total deaths notified so far this week (since Monday): 56

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 13, 2022

Is this even irony anymore?

— Cathy C (@iona07) April 13, 2022

Yes. Buried alone, by people in hazmat suits x

— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) April 13, 2022

This ‘it was just a cake for 10 minutes’ line has to stop.

This was Fred’s 14th birthday. His brother, his friends weren’t allowed to ‘pop in’. My husband was allowed to be with us, for the first time in over a week.

Fred died a week later. #partygate pic.twitter.com/fVJFmaEMA0

— Louise Dillon 🎗️ (@dontlookdown_FB) April 13, 2022

I spent 2 years of my life providing endless advice (for free) to this government to help control this horrible virus and they really couldn’t give a f*** could they? https://t.co/6j1kivE7ez

— Prof Cath Noakes #Ventilate 😷 💙 (@CathNoakes) April 12, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊791 positive cases reported in the past 24 hours. Sadly, 5 deaths have been reported in that period.

💉3,771,657 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard➡️ https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/mweDuDcyiv

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 14, 2022

Thursday, 14/04/2022 Ireland
Reported today -
Positivity rate 23.31%
New COVID cases +4,195
PCR 1,936
Antigen 2,259
Deaths 13
Hospital 904
ICU 57 (+5 admitted)

Total cases notified so far this week: 17,448
Total deaths notified so far this week: 69

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 14, 2022

#COVID19 data will not be updated over the Easter period.

The Department of Health's dashboard will be updated on Tuesday 18 April. pic.twitter.com/3fsilyUYoX

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) April 15, 2022

Friday, 15/04/2022 Ireland
New COVID cases & deaths are no longer published at weekends.
It looks like they won't be reported today (Good Friday) either.
I'll tweet them with Tuesday's data (Bank Holiday on Monday).

Hospital 811
ICU 53 (+5 new admissions).

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 15, 2022

Saturday, 16/04/2022 Ireland
New COVID cases & deaths are no longer published at weekends.
I'll tweet them with Monday's data on Tuesday (after the Bank Holiday).

Hospital 735 (83 discharged)
ICU 50 (5 new admissions).

— Dr. Mairéad De Búrca (@DrMaireadDB) April 16, 2022

The UK: HIGHEST COVID DEATHS SINCE MACRH 2021. pic.twitter.com/lBN8LahV5o

— Chris Turnbull (@EnemyInAState) April 16, 2022