Public need ‘immediate reduction’ in risky activities, HSE boss warns

Paul Reid, CEO of the HSE, at a press conference during a visit to the Citywest Covid-19 Vaccination Centre in Dublin for a briefing and tour of the facility. Ireland is on course to receive almost four million vaccine doses in the second quarter of the year, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

The head of the HSE has called for an “immediate reduction” in risky activities by the public, as the number of patients in intensive care with Covid-19 passed 100.

On Saturday there were 556 patients in hospital, with 250 people receiving respiratory supports and 107 in ICU, along with an additional 4,642 cases of the virus.