House parties an 'issue' in rising number of covid-19 cases, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has warned that house parties are an issue in the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Ireland.He said that congregated indoor settings where up to 30 or 40 people gather in a house are a concern.Simply pop your e-mail into the box at the top of this article and get all the latest news and entertainment direct to you

"Congregated indoor settings is presenting a problem - 30 or 40 people in the house, for example at house parties, is an issue. There have been increased calls for mandatory quarantine rules for people arriving from countries such as the US that have high numbers of coronavirus cases. "The objective was to flatten the curve, suppress the virus, it was never to eliminate the virus. New Zealand thought they'd done that and they haven't - they now have new cases every day.

"People will say testing is inferior to mandatory quarantine, but if we know mandatory quarantine can't be done then maybe it's better to do something like that than nothing at all."

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