The Cabinet is to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the worsening Covid situation, it has been confirmed. Ministers will meet for the second time in three days after alarm was expressed that this third wave is resulting in a higher level of hospital admissions that seen in the second waves. At the same press conference, however, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar predicted there could be 2,000 new cases a day by New Year’s Eve, now just two days away. The Government Press Secretary confirmed the special Cabinet meeting, but refused to comment on speculation on new restrictions on top of the Level 5 lockdown already announced for January. But he confirmed it was a special Covid-related Cabinet meeting and that all relevant matters would be discussed.

Source: Irish Independent December 29, 2020 12:45 UTC