Kieran Cuddihy reacts to the news there are no new restrictions being considered by government.
There are no plans to reintroduce full work-from-home orders or extend the use of COVID certs, the Health Minister has told Newstalk Breakfast.
Stephen Donnelly was speaking after NPHET again urged people to reduce their social contacts with case numbers remaining stubbornly high.
Around 25,000 new cases have been reported in the last week – meaning one-in-200 people have tested positive in the past seven days.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is meeting today to discuss whether further measures are needed.
A full work from home policy is due to be discussed; however, on Newstalk Breakfast Minister Donnelly said the idea was not under consideration by Government.
“I haven’t received any advice to that end and it is not something the Government is actively considering at the moment,” he said.
“I think at the press conference last night, the NPHET team were being asked about a lot of different hypotheticals and they were giving a view generally that given the cases numbers right now they would prefer people to be opting for the safer option.”
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