Emergency Covid-19 legislation to expire on Thursday

In response to the high number of cases in Ireland, the INMO and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine have called for mask-wearing and working from home to be re-introduced. Picture: Denis Minihane

Emergency legislation underpinning the government’s fight against Covid-19 is set to expire on Thursday despite the World Health Organization (WHO) saying the virus is still “an acute global emergency”.

In response to the high number of cases in Ireland, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine have called for mask-wearing and working from home to be re-introduced.