Dublin has yet to see any “significant improvement” in curbing the spread of Covid-19 after more than a week in lockdown, it emerged today. Acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the Dublin lockdown impact only appears to be kicking in around now. The Dublin lockdown at Level 3 is for three weeks and this is the second week. Cork Independent TD Michael Collins said he was contacted by businesses 150km away from Cork city because of the anxiety about a potential lockdown. He said the pre-Covid there were 254 people working full time in the HSE public health departments and that will be doubled.

Source: Irish Independent September 30, 2020 11:09 UTC