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The Taoiseach has hinted that the pandemic unemployment payment could be extended beyond next April and health officials in the north are not ruling out a total shutdown.
334 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Republic.
Has been no new deaths reported.
Most of the cases tonight are in Dublin, which recorded 174.
Bring the total number of cases to 33,444, while the the death toll remains at 1,792.
Of the cases reported today;
·158 are men / 175 are women
·72% are under 45 years of age
·53% confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
·55 cases have been identified as community transmission
·174 cases are in Dublin, 34 in Cork, 30 in Kildare, 18 in Donegal, 10 in Galway, 10 in Louth, 6 in Clare, 6 in May, 6 in Meath, 6 in Roscommon, 6 in Waterford, 5 in Limerick and the remaining 23 spread over 11 counties.
A full breakdown of tonight’s figures can be found on the Coronavirus Live Dashboard.
Louth should move to level 4 restrictions, and the rest of the country would move to level 3 according to a health expert.
DCU Professor Anthony Staines has also listed Dublin, Waterford and Donegal in counties that should move to level 4 as the 14-day incidence rate in those counties continues to rise, while nationally, it stands at 70.4 percent.
Louth is now 101.9, with Donegal and Waterford in the 90s with North West Dublin over 200.
Level 4 restrictions would mean no visiting other homes, only 6 people can attend a wedding, and gyms and leisure centers would be forced to close.
DCU teacher Anthony Staines believe this would help control the virus:
The Taoiseach has hinted that the payment for the COVID pandemic may extend beyond April next year.
It occurs when the opposition parties have asked that the payment be restored to 350 euros per week.
Thousands of people will have a reduced payment in their bank account today of 300, 250 or 203 euros.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin He says that part of the reason for the reduction is that the government has to continue to fund the payment for a longer period of time:
Stormont’s Health Minister says the executive does not rule out Northern Ireland re-entering a period of total coronavirus lockdown.
Robin Swann spoke before new covid-19 restrictions are introduced in all six counties in the next half hour.
77 more cases of COVID-19 have been reported today in the north, however there have been No more deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
The new measures will limit people visiting different homes or gathering in large groups outdoors.
Robin swann says the virus is at a critical point:
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