Ministers to consider public health advice on measures to stop Covid-19 spread in Midlands

06/08/2020 Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. File picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Ministers will hold a teleconference to consider the advice given by public health officials on further measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the Midlands.

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn and the Health Minister Stephen Donnelly have briefed the Taoiseach on whether Kildare, Offaly and Laois should be locked down immediately.