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The acting medical director has raised concerns about the level of Covid-19 in Louth, Donegal and Waterford counties.
Dr. Ronan Glynn said that everyone, but especially the people in those three counties, should do everything possible to stop the spread of the virus.
The largest number of new Covid-19 cases here in the past four months occurred over the weekend.
Yesterday 396 new cases of the virus were reported, 241 of them in Dublin and the remaining 155 in another 22 counties.
The acting medical director said that while the focus was on Dublin, which moved to Level 3 restrictions on Friday, most other counties are also experiencing an increase in the virus.
Dr Glynn said that the level of Covid-19 in Louth, Donegal and Waterford in particular is already high and continuing to rise rapidly.
He also said that regardless of where you live, everyone should try to cut the number of people they meet in half over the next week.
The president of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland has said that the rising number of virus cases requires action now if we are to keep the economy open and support health services.
Professor Mary Horgan said that increased restrictions are necessary, despite the difficulties for business and the economy, saying that “the responsibility is ours” to follow public health guidelines.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said pub reopening will be closely monitored and any outbreak of infection will be reported and dealt with quickly.
He said that the situation is different from what happened in April with much less hospital admissions.
However, he said that Covid-19 is only one component of the health service and not the entirety and it is important that people who need care go to the hospital and are not afraid.
Publicans across the country are making final preparations before the lifting of restrictions on bars outside of Dublin.
Pubs that don’t serve food may open today, for the first time since mid-March.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, operations will resume under strict guidelines.
Meanwhile, a report by Ireland’s Drinks Industry Group says that up to 33,000 jobs in the hospitality sector could be lost in Dublin due to new restrictions in the capital.
On travel starting today, people arriving in Ireland from Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will not be asked to restrict their movements for two weeks.
Last week, the government updated its green list of countries that allows people to travel to these countries, without having to restrict their movements upon return.
Countries with a 14-day incidence rate of the virus of 25 or less per 100,000 population are included in the green list.
HSE will receive a grant of 3.8 million euros from the EU
The Health Service Executive will receive an EU grant of 3.8 million euros to help pay the cost of the pandemic.
The sum will be paid from the European Commission’s mobility package, within the framework of its emergency support instrument.
The grant will be used to pay part of the cost of transporting personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical equipment to Ireland from outside the EU between April and July this year.
Eighteen EU member states and the UK are receiving financial support for cargo operations undertaken as part of the response to Covid-19.
The operations were funded on the basis of a formula developed by the commission to ensure an equitable distribution of funds among the candidate countries.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the funding is an example of the support provided by the EU.
“This is a timely reminder that European solidarity is an important element of our response to the pandemic, and we will continue to work with the commission and EU colleagues to share information and coordinate actions as much as possible,” he said.
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