Spread of Covid-19 infection has reached a 'plateau' with growth rate 'close to zero'

Ireland has reached a “plateau” in terms of the spread of the Covid-19 infection, while the key metric for the growth of the virus has now been driven as low as it needs to be.

The latest briefing from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) heard that the growth rate is now “close to zero”, indicating that the exponential growth in the spread of the virus has been stopped effectively by the lockdown restrictions currently in place.