Public should scale back their number of social contacts as Covid-19 cases rise, CMO warns

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan: 'If you experience symptoms isolate immediately and arrange a PCR test. Do not go to school, college or socialise until you receive a negative result.' Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The rapid increase in the Covid-19 incidence rate among all age groups up to the age of 75 is likely down to mid-term break socialising and greater levels of social activity around the country, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has said. 

At a public health briefing this evening, Dr Tony Holohan urged the public to scale back their number of social contacts and to be mindful of who they meet in the days after social events, particularly if they have friends or family members who may be immunocompromised or vulnerable to Covid-19.