400,000 people ‘must adhere to rules’ as Midlands goes back into lockdown

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn says the effect of the lockdown measures will not be felt for "at least a number of days". Picture: Leon Farrell / Rollingnews.ie

The extent to which almost 400,000 people in the Midlands adhere to the lockdown imposed upon on them as of midnight last night will determine whether the Covid-19 outbreak can be contained, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said.

Garda checkpoints are to be mounted across Laois, Kildare, and Offaly to enforce the fortnight-long lockdown announced by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team.