Tackling the Covid surge: Remote working and two tests per week

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) wants the government to return to a policy of remote working, where possible, for large sections of society.

The government has been urged to revert to a national work-from-home policy as Covid case numbers soar. 

Daily case numbers of the virus reached 5,483 yesterday, the first time since January 10 that the figures have topped 5,000. A higher daily number has only been recorded on five other days since the pandemic began.