The State’s response to Covid-19 is entering “uncharted territory” over Christmas, with the risk that cases could grow rapidly, the Minister for Health has said. “However, we’re in uncharted territory,” he said. ‘Rapid growth’“One of the concerns we all have is we are coming out of restrictions. “Because the cases are already higher, the modelling suggests that rapid growth will happen much earlier this time. Intervention neededThe most recent advice to the Government from Nphet argued that a three-week intervention may ultimately be needed if cases approached 400 per day.

Source: The Irish Times November 30, 2020 00:33 UTC