Covid-19: Everyone needs to act to stop spread, Tony Holohan warns

Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer, said the reproduction rate of the virus needs to get as low as 0.5 again. File picture

Everyone needs to behave in 'a manner' that will drive down levels of Covid-19, the chief medical officers has warned.

Dr Tony Holohan was speaking in the wake of the decision to move the entire country into a level 5 lockdown for the next six weeks.