'Third wave clearly underway': No deaths and 727 new Covid-19 cases in Ireland

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The Chief Medical Officer has said he is gravely concerned as the Covid-19 situation in Ireland has rapidly deteriorated in recent days.

While the virus has been transmitting "faster than at any point since March", health officials have said there has not been a case of the new variant of Covid-19 detected in Ireland.