The Government is not actively considering a return to working from home full-time, the Minister for Health has said, adding that he has not received any advice from public health officials on this.
Stephen Donnelly also said the Government is not considering extending the Covid vaccine passes to any other areas. Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Minister Donnelly said while the Government does not want to shut anything down to bring down the level of disease, he warned that in order to get it back under control people must reduce their social contacts.
He said there have been 25,000 new cases identified in the last week which equates to around one in every 200 people. Mr Donnelly acknowledged that with reducing social contacts it is not as