Ireland will potentially ease stay-at-home restrictions and allow some shops to reopen in the coming weeks as part of a step-by-step scaling back of the country's coronavirus lockdown, a senior health official said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Irish Garda officers at an N1 checkpoint ensure passengers are adhering to strict travel restrictions, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, Near Dromad, Republic of Ireland, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
Irish Health Minister, Simon Harris, has said he expects to be advised on Friday to keep the current restrictions in place for “a period of weeks” after citizens were ordered late last month to stay home until at least Sunday. “We are conscious of the fact that the restrictions are very difficult for people and not sustainable in the long term,” Cillian De Gascun, chair of the coronavirus expert advisory group, told national broadcaster RTE.
Confirmed cases in Ireland rose to 6,574 on Thursday, with 263 deaths, but the average day-on-day case growth has fallen to 9% from 15% a week ago and officials said a stabilisation in intensive care admissions was encouraging.
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