Nphet: Rate of Covid-19 infection in Dublin has gone up

Dr Tony Holohan said that there was "no substance in policy terms" to the idea of herd immunity. Picture: Sasko Lazarov

The rate of Covid-19 infection in Dublin has gone up, the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has stated in a letter to Stephen Donnelly, the health minister.

Dublin moved to level 3 of restrictions three weeks ago in a bid to stem the rising number of cases but, as the country entered level 5, Nphet has written to the minister to say that while the national reproductive rate, or R number, is between 1.3 and 1.4, it is higher in the capital.