24/02/2023

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned that the situation with Covid-19 in Ireland will continue to deteriorate unless every individual, workplace and organisation plays their part in curtailing the spread of the virus.

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned that the situation with Covid-19 in Ireland will continue to deteriorate unless every individual, workplace and organisation plays their part in curtailing the spread of the virus. 
Dr Glynn has again appealed to all households to reduce the number of people they meet. 
His comments come after the highest daily figure of new coronavirus cases was announced in five months.
The 430 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed yesterday evening represent the largest daily figure since late April.
It took the total number of cases for the last week to 2,084. 
Dr Glynn said there is absolutely no room for complacency.
With Dublin and Donegal now on Level 3 restrictions, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said four other counties, Cork, Galway, Louth and Wicklow are being monitored very carefully by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
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Meanwhile, the number of countries that people can travel to from Ireland without restricting their movements on their return dropped from seven to four from midnight. 
The countries on the updated Green List are Cyprus, Latvia, Finland and Liechtenstein.
But in three of those countries, people coming from Ireland will face restrictions on arrival.
Under the Green List which came into effect last week and expired last night, people could travel to seven countries; Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland without having to restrict their movements.
From midnight Germany, Poland, Iceland, Lithuania are no longer on the list while Liechtenstein has been added.
Cyprus, Latvia and Finland remain on the list but people travelling from Ireland will be subject to quarantine, testing and other restrictions on arrival to those countries. 
Additional reporting Samantha Libreri