Varadkar: Current Covid wave is plateauing at worryingly high level

'Everything would be done to avoid another lockdown,' says Tánaiste

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Covid case numbers are “in the balance at the moment” but that people’s reduced movements are having an impact.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told a private Fine Gael meeting that the current Covid wave looks to be plateauing at a worryingly high level.

The Covid trajectory is uncertain and “everything would be done to avoid another lockdown”, he said.
Mr Varadkar said his sense is people are responding positively to the guidelines with fewer contacts in a bid to stop the current wave.