Lowest numbers in two weeks as one more Covid-19 related death and 35 new cases reported

Meanwhile, an immunology expert has warned that restrictions put in place across the three counties will need to be extended if cases of the coronavirus increase.said it may be necessary to extend the partial lockdown to four or six weeks, as he could not see “how two weeks will be sufficient to contain this” outbreak.

He said that while more people were wearing face coverings, he felt they were not observing enough social distancing and that the reopening of schools at the end of the month may have to be reconsidered.Healthcare workers who continued to put their lives on the line did not need to have to cope with a second surge of the virus, he said.

Dr Josep Jansa, of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , said that Ireland needs to implement more intense contact tracing measures to prevent a resurgence of Covid-19.

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