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The National Public Health Emergency Team is expected to extend the current closure restrictions for at least another week.
The NPHET will present its latest expert guidance at a meeting on Friday morning that could reportedly see restrictions until the May bank holiday.
The closing restrictions were originally supposed to last until Easter Sunday, but now that the curve begins to flatten, a recommendation will be made to keep up the good work.
Coronavirus cases would go to 100,000 per day if the public had not adopted social distancing according to experts.
Public health experts revealed the chilling scenario when 500 more people caught the killer bug, the largest daily increase to date.
Another 28 people died in the pandemic, bringing the number of victims of the disease to 263.
The total number of people fighting Covid-19 increased to 6,574 cases on Thursday.
Nearly 400 additional health workers contracted the virus this week, with 193 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total number to 1,765.
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