Coronavirus: Employers urged to ramp up safety measures

A member of the public wearing a face mask leaving a store in Cork. Picture Denis Minihane.

Health chiefs have warned that employers must ramp up Covid-19 safety measures following outbreaks in supermarkets, fast food outlets, and at least 20 cases linked to an outbreak on one Dublin construction site. 

However, there are signs that there could be a breakthrough in combatting the disease as two early-stage vaccine trials have shown promising initial results.