Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said he cannot guarantee the full reopening of the country on October 22 amid a spike in Covid cases in the recent days. His opinion comes following the talks with deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn about the ongoing situations. In the meeting, Glynn has expressed serious concerns over the increased number of patients in the start of the week.
“The trajectory of the diseases has taken a wrong turn,” Mr Martin said. “There has been what was described as a sudden increase in the last week of case numbers. I think we’re looking at over 2,000 case numbers today.”
“We will make a final decision closer to that date (October 22nd), but suffice to say that it’s very, very important that the public at large realise that Covid has not gone away. The Delta variant is a dangerous one, numbers are higher in hospitals than we would like (them) to be, there are over 400. They’re having an impact on the hospital system.” Taoiseach made it clear.
He also urged anyone who has not received the vaccine to avail it as soon as possible to get protection from serious illness and to prevent death caused by the virus.
Meanwhile further 2,066 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland today.