Ireland: new restrictions to prevent Covid winter wave

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Working from home, midnight closing time for hospitality among measures announced by Irish Taoiseach.

Latest changes to Irish Covid-19 restrictions:

Bars, restaurants and nightclubs – midnight closing from Thursday;
Return to working from home;
Digital Covid certs to be presented in theatres and cinemas;
Entire household to self-isolate for five days following a positive case in the house;
Adults over the age of 50 to receive booster shot

Everyone should work from home, hospitality must close at midnight and those who are close contacts of confirmed cases must restrict their movements for five days, the Taoiseach has confirmed.

IrishExaminer.com report

 

Irish Covid infection figures saw a slight drop on the day new restrictions were introduced.png

 

 

 

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** This post was originally published on November 16, 2021 **