The latest Covid-19 situation facing Ireland will be discussed when the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) meets on Thursday. With only weeks to go until Christmas, health officials are meeting to discuss whether any new measures are needed to curb the spread of Covid-19. It is expected that health officials will discuss whether new measures for the hospitality sector are needed, ahead of the festive season. Addressing a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party on Wednesday, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that the situation is “stable or improving slightly”. He said the country is doing “substantially better” than Nphet’s optimistic models for case numbers, hospital admissions and deaths.

Source: Irish Examiner December 02, 2021 13:22 UTC