New Covid measures would lift if Omicron risks don't meet 'worst fears', Minister says

File image of Minister Michael McGrath. Image: Sasko Lazarov File image of Minister Michael McGrath. Image: Sasko Lazarov MINISTER MICHAEL MCGRATH has said the government would lift the “precautionary” restrictions announced on Friday if further clarity on the Omicron variant “does not meet our worst fears”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath described new restrictions announced by the government on Friday as “precautionary in nature”.“We’ll all want to meet with the people we love and our family and our friends and so on, and we do have a new emerging threat in relation to Omicron and we simply do not have answers to some pretty fundamental questions about what the impact of that will be.

Speaking in Dublin about Omicron on Thursday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it may be two weeks before scientists have a clearer picture of three important factors relating to the variant: “how infectious it, how virulent and to what degree will the new variant escape vaccines.” “I believe, in general, the public trusts our public health advisors and that relationship between government and Nphet has been at the heart of our approach to managing this pandemic,” McGrath said.

The minister added that the government will decide in the next few days about the possibility of raising the €5,000 weekly cap on financial support for bigger businesses impacted by Covid-19 restrictions.

The govt and their stooge TDs are not able to understand what is happening. They are malicious but also very ignorant of anything except stealing public money for their billionaire bosses. The bosses have done very nicely out of covid indeed. How has it gone for you?

Calling them 'precautionary' now because numbers have started to drop before the impacts of these restrictions can be seem. They seem to have got it wrong....again

Trying to pacify the public, of what might be, without evidence is poor practice and will lead to further disillusionment. MichealMartinTD LeoVaradkar cathmartingreen Please learn from previous mistakes, it not just about leaks, messaging so important.

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