Public health experts have warned we are facing into a difficult December. Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the "case level is unsustainable", while his deputy, Dr Ronan Glynn, cautioned that the next few weeks will be "difficult for everybody". Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid also described the challenges in the health service as greater than at any time since the pandemic hit. Current modelling suggests Ireland will next month record upwards of 200,000 cases.
But this week Dr Holohan said the projected cases are not inevitable - if the public sticks to health guidelines. Here are five ways people can help to prevent record Covid levels before Christmas: 1.