Ministers are preparing to reopen parts of the next economy next week.
"What appears to have been a very rapid decline of 6% a day , which had us on track for the really good figure we hoped for at the beginning of December has stalled in recent days with a growth rate of 0% and an R value probably between 0.7 and 0.9," Irish Health Service Executive chief clinical Colm Henry told a news briefing.269 people are currently being treated for Covid-19 in Irish hospitals, with 36 in ICU.
However, Varadkar added there would be restrictions on non-essential inter-county travel including cross-border traffic. Mr Varadkar told the Dail on Thursday there was "no question of there being an outright travel ban between north and south"."We don't have a travel ban with Poland, we're certainly not going to have one with Northern Ireland."
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