Public urged to ‘hold firm’ as Taoiseach reaffirms no change to social distancing rule

Recent figures show that by Friday, 298 patients with coronavirus were admitted to 29 hospitals across the state.

The head of the Health Service Executive has urged the public to “hold firm” over Covid-19 restriction measures.

It comes as the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has reaffirmed there is no change to the two-metre social distancing rule introduced to limit the spread of Covid-19.