Government 'at one' over need to prevent of new Covid variants in Ireland, says Simon Coveney

Meetings between multiple government departments are underway over the issue, said the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Talks to expand the mandatory quarantine list have been ongoing. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The Government is “at one” on the need to respond to the advice of public health experts to keep variants of Covid-19 out of Ireland, said the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney.

There had been many meetings between the departments of Health, Justice, Transport and Foreign Affairs on the extension of the number of countries for whom mandatory quarantine would be necessary, he said.