Don’t ignore COVID Threat

CONNACHT IFA Chair, Pat Murphy, who tested positive for COVID-19 over the New Year period, has advised farmers and their families to be very much aware of how unexpectedly the virus can strike.

He told the Farming Tribune that in the run-up to the New Year, he was complaining of a ‘sore back and a bit of a cold’ but never suspected that he had the coronavirus.

“As a family, if you have the coronavirus, it certainly makes an awful difference to your everyday lives. Self-isolating in a room is a curtailment of your freedom that is difficult to get used to,” said Pat Murphy.

He said that his symptoms were not severe but that he had been warned to be especially wary if he encountered any periods of breathlessness, especially from days 6 to 8 of the infection.

A non-drinker who had hardly been out at all over the holiday period, he was initially a bit shocked to be diagnosed with the virus on New Year’s Day, and he has advised farmers just ‘to be aware’ if they have any symptoms. Pat’s wife Anna, a healthcare worker, has also tested positive for coronavirus, which has made for very different times in the Murphy household in Ardrahan.

“We might all be inclined to think that ‘we won’t get it’ but I think that over the past week, it’s pretty obvious to everyone that the virus has spread across communities. I think what’s really important for everyone is to be aware that this virus spreads very easily and to check it out if they’re not feeling well.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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