Covid-19: Window to avoid 'a national issue' is closing, medical chiefs warn

Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, from the Department of Health. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Medical chiefs have urged businesses to allow to staff to work from home to help suppress Covid-19, warning "the window for this not to be a national issue is closing".

They refused to be drawn on speculation whether further restrictions will be imposed in Cork or other counties, noting that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) meets on Thursday and that the "next three or four days" will be critical in determining what, if any, restrictions would be imposed in other counties.