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Ireland will be in a “much brighter place” in June, when the most vulnerable people have been vaccinated, said Dr. Ronan Glynn.
The deputy chief medical officer insisted on Thursday that the country will continue to take a cautious approach to reopening the country.
And with progress against stagnating the virus, experts have suggested that any changes on April 5 will be minimal.
Dr Glynn said: “The plan is to proceed very cautiously based on the data we have in front of us, for as long as it takes. I am hopeful that as we move into June, the most vulnerable will be fully vaccinated and as we distribute millions of doses of vaccines to adults, we will be in a much, much brighter and better position than we are right now.
“For the next time, we will have to continue to be cautious. There will be things that we can focus on, like, last year, we said that the outdoors is much safer than the indoors, and I think in the next couple of months, the Focus will have to be on the outside and obviously we need to keep looking at the data and get to April 5.
“Between now and then, I will ask people to do everything they can to make sure we get to April 5 in the best possible position. I’m not going to say we need tighter restrictions because tomorrow’s headline will be NPHET asks that restrictions are not provided and therefore we must be cautious. “
On the subject of vaccines and Ireland’s supply problems, Dr Glynn was optimistic that “8 out of 10 adults in this country will have at least one dose of vaccine available by the end of June.
“We all want more people to be vaccinated and of course if the population is vaccinated then we would be in a much stronger position. I am less concerned about what happens day to day and week to week, I think we have to get away from that narrative and focus on the fact that we’ve been through an incredibly difficult year and in a few months hopefully we’ll be in a much, much better position. Everything is going well, 8 out of 10 adults in this country will have at least one vaccine dose available by end of June. “
The Government will meet in the next two weeks where they will discuss what Ireland can change on April 5 and where the country is heading from there.
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