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The Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the worsening Covid situation, it has been confirmed.
The members will meet for the second time in three days after the alarm was raised that this third wave is resulting in a higher level of hospital admissions than that seen in the second waves.
More people being transferred to intensive care could threaten the ability of the health service to cope with the new strain, or British variant, of the virus, which implies greater transmissibility.
The Taoiseach was asked before Christmas if a special field hospital in Citywest, prepared in March, would reopen to deal with the dreaded spike in cases, and indicated that health capacity will remain under review.
However, in the same press conference, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar predicted that there could be 2,000 new cases per day by New Year’s Eve, now only two days away.
The Government Press Secretary confirmed the special Cabinet meeting, but declined to comment on speculation about new restrictions in addition to the Level 5 lockdown already announced for January.
But he confirmed that it was a special cabinet meeting related to Covid and that all relevant matters would be discussed.
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