Warning of return to Phase Two if cases rise above 100 per day

Dr Cillian De Gascun, Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory, briefing media in the Department of Health, Dublin. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The director of the National virus laboratory, Dr Cillian De Gascun has warned that if the number of cases of Covid-19 rises to more than 100 per day then there could be a return to Phase 2 of restrictions.

“It is just a concern at this stage,” he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Sarah McInerney.