How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world?

How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world?

"The situation is the most serious that it's been since the start of the pandemic in Ireland."Those are not my words. They are the words of Dr Gabrielle Colleran, vice president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association.

In the space of six weeks, the country has gone from having the lowest COVID infection rate in the EU to having the highest infection rate in the world.The almost vertical line on the global chart sent shock waves across the island, prompting debate about what went wrong.The Irish government blames the arrival of the highly contagious UK variant but the Irishman heading the World Health Organisation disagrees.

Executive director Dr Mike Ryan said: "My own country... Ireland, has suffered one of the most acute increases in disease incidence in any country in the world and not due to the variant let me add, but