Varadkar and Donnelly to meet with HSE officials as winter infections surge

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly at the Press Centre at Government Buildings Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly are to meet with senior Health Service Executive officials later today to discuss the surge in winter virus infections.

The meeting coincides with the HSE establishing a National Crisis Management Team, warning that the anticipated surge in winter virus infections in the coming days will "bring the highest pressure on the State’s health service that has ever been seen".