Tánaiste Leo Varadkar today said Ireland is “on the right track” for the Government to lift the 5km travel limit on April 5. Those protections have been linked by law to the 5km travel limit. Speaking today Mr Varadkar said Ireland is “absolutely on track” with regard to hospitalisations and ICU admissions and that the cabinet will assess the situation at the end of the month to see what restrictions can be eased. Mr Varadkar said problems next winter could not be ruled out as “not only could Covid come back next winter, we could also have the return of other respiratory illnesses. One of the concerns is that these respiratory illnesses return with a vengeance next winter and we have less immunity”.

Source: Irish Independent March 10, 2021 13:41 UTC