Covid-19: Half of close contacts not showing for follow-up tests

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, says moving the country to level 5 can reverse the current trends.

Ireland will get coronavirus under control once more, the Chief Medical Officer says, but half of close contacts are not showing for follow-up tests.

Dr Tony Holohan was speaking as a further 13 deaths and 1,269 cases of the virus were announced ahead of  Ireland going to level 5 restrictions at midnight on Wednesday.