'We have achieved our goal': CMO confirms spread of Covid-19 'suppressed'

Ireland has “achieved its goal of suppressing the spread” of Covid-19, with the lowest level of confirmed new cases of the disease since mid-March.

The latest briefing of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) in Dublin revealed that the country’s R0 number — the measure of how many infections are resulting from each positive case of the virus — has now dropped to between 0.5 and 0.6, which leaves it within the manageable capacity of the health services.