Public health teams tackling huge Covid-19 outbreaks, says HSE chief

HSE CEO, Paul Reid has appealed to people to take responsibility for their actions (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA)

The chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has pleaded with people to look at their own actions as public health teams try to manage “huge outbreaks” of Covid-19.

Paul Reid said more than 100,000 tests for the virus were conducted last week and more people are now in critical care beds in hospitals across the country.