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Deputy Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn has urged people to “keep their guard up” so that NPHET has more options before April 5 and a decision on the restrictions.
Speaking at the HSE press conference tonight at the Health Department, Dr. Glynn said: “We need as many improvements as we can until March.
“We are on a good path as it is, but it is a precarious path. There are many countries in Europe that have deteriorated in recent weeks.
” The level of vaccine we have in people is not enough to prevent deterioration or another wave if we lower our guard at this point.
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“I hope we can give a greater degree of certainty in April or May.
” By the end of May, we should be able to give that clarity.
“I hope everything is safer as the weeks go by, that the possibility of another wave is diminishing, but that depends on a further improvement in the next two weeks.”
” There is more mobility, people are returning to workplaces, and overall compliance is excellent. But it is precarious.
“The more improvements we make in the next two or three weeks, the more options we will have in April and May.”
Dr. Glynn spoke after the HPSC recorded no new deaths in the past 24 hours in Ireland.
Officials reported 437 new cases tonight.
Of the new infections, 184 occurred in Dublin, 31 in Limerick, 26 in Donegal, 20 in Galway, 18 in Offaly and the remaining 158 cases are distributed in all other counties.
It occurs when people under the age of 70 with underlying health conditions will begin receiving their Covid-19 vaccine in the next few days.
This week is significant in terms of Ireland’s vaccine program, as the country has passed the half million mark.
Speaking on Saturday, Taoiseach Micheal Martin said: “In the next few days we will have administered half a million doses since the first vaccine was administered to Dubliner Annie Lynch 63 days ago,” he said.
“Next week we will start vaccinating people with underlying health problems and we will continue to vaccinate those over 70 and health workers.”
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