Covid-19: Public began modifying behaviour before Level 5 restrictions introduced

Professor Philip Nolan.

The chair of the Nphet Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, Professor Philip Nolan has said that the public began modifying their behaviour seven to 10 days before Level 5 restrictions were introduced because “the public realised we were in trouble.” 

Level 3 restrictions had helped stabilise figures, he told RTÉ radio’s News at One, but those measures did not bring about a reduction in cases, that had come about because of Level 5.