Covid-19 emergency powers lapse: Here's what you need to know

While the advice is to continue wearing a mask in public settings such as on public transport in a healthcare setting, the lapsing legislation would be needed for a mandate on mask-wearing to be reintroduced, something the Government has ruled out. File picture

Emergency powers introduced two years ago to help fight Covid-19 expired at midnight on Thursday.

The pandemic powers that permitted the Government to impose legal restrictions through the past two years are to lapse at midnight on March 31.