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The entire population of Ireland will be restricted from midnight Wednesday to Thursday to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, and Ireland will become the first EU country to take that step again, it was announced Monday. evening Prime Minister Michael Martin.
What is provided
The new measures provide for the closure of unnecessary retail stores, the restriction of the operation of restaurants and take-out pubs, not allowing citizens to travel more than five kilometers from their homes.
Unlike the first closure, this time schools will remain open and basic services such as the construction industry will be allowed, Prime Minister Martin said, putting the country at the highest level of restrictions, level 5, for six weeks.
One of the longest locks
Ireland imposed one of the longest lockdowns in Europe during the first wave of the pandemic and tightened restrictions in recent weeks as the number of infections rose again.
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