New house visitor restrictions due to 'alarming spike' in cases among 18-25 year-olds

The rules are to change meaning people can have no more than six people from one other household in their home at any one time.

Health officials' recommendation that the entire country be subject to visitor restrictions of six people from just one household was made due to an “alarming” spike in Covid infections among 18-25 year olds.

It’s understood that the recommendation, decided upon at today's meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team, is targeted at the “pinch point” of that age profile.