'Stay at home, stop socialising', says CMO as third wave of Covid-19 takes toll on Ireland

Professor Philip Nolan, said: “We are clearly now in a third wave, we have gone to a five-day moving average of 616 cases per day."

Ireland is now in the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and it is vital that everyone stays at home and avoids socialising, the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has warned.

Concern has risen in recent days about the rapid rise of cases in Ireland, with a further 727 confirmed today, and the crucial 14-day rate of infection reaching 122 — up from 80.4 per 100,000 of population.