The acting Chief Medical Officer has said recommendations about reopening pubs on 10 August will be most appropriately made in a couple of weeks’ time.

The acting Chief Medical Officer has said recommendations about reopening pubs on 10 August will be most appropriately made in a couple of weeks’ time.
But Dr Ronan Glynn said they could not do anything to jeopardise the overarching priorities of getting healthcare services restarted and getting children back to school.
Dr Glynn said Ireland was at the start of something positive, as he gave an optimistic briefing at the Department of Health.
The rise in the number of new cases of Covid-19 that had worried health officials has tapered off.
The number of people testing positive is very low and the R rate of the virus is also estimated to be going down again.
But he said this needs to be maintained and he was concerned about people forgetting about keeping their distance from others.
Dr Glynn said Ireland was absolutely on track to children going back to school in September.
Asked about the planned reopening of pubs, he said they would need to assess where the virus was at in a couple of weeks.
But he said pubs were one of the highest risk environments and they could not do anything to jeopardise the overarching priorities of the health service, getting children back to school and protecting the vulnerable.