NPHET urges public to keep social contacts ‘low’ after 98 cases and no deaths confirmed

Acting chief medical offficer Dr Ronan Glynn. 'Keep physical distance top of mind at all times. Have no more than six visitors to your home and keep 2m between you.' Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has urged the public to keep their number of social contacts “low” this weekend, after 98 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.

The new cases bring to 29,303 the total number of Covid-19 cases confirmed to date.