Second lockdown 'not inevitable' if people cut contacts to absolute minimum

At a briefing to launch the executive’s €600m Winter Plan, HSE CEO Paul Reid said that 'those decisions are not inevitable”' regarding the suggestion that Ireland is two weeks from another lockdown. Picture Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

The head of the HSE has insisted that Ireland’s Covid future remains “in our own hands” as case numbers and close contacts continue to rise across the country.

At a briefing to launch the executive’s €600m Winter Plan, HSE CEO Paul Reid said that “those decisions are not inevitable”, regarding the suggestion that Ireland is two weeks from another lockdown.