Holohan urges people to limit contacts as Ireland's Covid-19 infection rate rises again
Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer at the Department of Health, said the rise in Irish infection rates should prompt people to limit socialising in the run-up to Christmas. File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins
Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan has expressed concern over a rise in the Covid-19 infection rate and again urged people to limit their social contacts in the run-up to Christmas.
The top Department of Health official was commenting on the latest Covid-19 figures yesterday when one further death and 429 new cases of viral infection were confirmed.
