Covid-19: Tony Holohan highlights 'encouraging signs' but asks public to 'go the extra mile'

The Covid-19 Isolation and Step Down Facility in the Conference Centre at Citywest Hotel in Dublin today. Pic: Rollingnews.ie

Irish people will have to “go the extra mile” to ensure that restrictions on movement are limited to two weeks.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said today that he was hopeful that the government’s restrictions, announced on Friday, would work as the country prepares for a surge of cases between 10 and 14 April.