Covid-19: Varadkar downplays expectation of accelerated lifting of restrictions

has downplayed expectations of an imminent acceleration of the Government’s roadmap to lift coronavirus restrictions.members on Wednesday night, said he is “confident” the country can progress to the second phase of the plan next Monday.National Public Health Emergency Team“We are now nearing the end of Phase One of our plan to re-open business and society,” the email said.

“Cabinet will meet on Friday to decide whether it is safe to move to Phase Two. I am confident that it will be. As I have always said, our plan to re-open the country can be accelerated if it safe to do so. “But, I want to be confident that it is safe before making that move. I am concerned that many are calling for us to speed up before we even know for sure what impact the Phase One lifting of restrictions has had on the spread of the disease. I think it is better to adopt this slow and steady approach than to go too fast and risk falling backwards.”

The 5 kilometre travel restriction is due to be replaed by a 20 kilometre travel restriction next Monday, June 8th. This is due to apply until July 20th, when people would then be allowed travel outside their region. There have been suggestions that allowing people to travel outside their region could be brought forward to June 29th to boost the domestic tourism industry, and that this change could be flagged this week.

Therapie Beauty clinic have taken hundreds of non returnable deposits from people expecting botox injections from June 8 while other providers abide by the rules. If Therapie cannot provide the service from June 8, we were told that they would simply change date. Shady indeed!

Hopefully a new government will be in office soon taking a much more pragmatic position than the troika of veradker, harris, and holohan.

This is ridiculous look at Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy etc etc

Tell LeoVaradkar to close the wardrobe doors on his way back in.

Just to make sure we kill as many as we can with suicide, cancer & heart disease and totally fuck up the economy

That 'expectation' (pressure) is coming from big business for the health of their stock portfolios and a few right wing idiots who think it's 'just the flu' and simply want to get back to the pub and other social conveniences as soon as possible.

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