Ireland is on track to proceed with the full lifting of Covid-19 restrictions next month, the Chief Medical Officer has told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health.
Dr Tony Holohan said this is because there are "a lot of encouraging trends" in age specific groups. Asked "are we still on track for the ending of restrictions on 22 October?", Dr Holohan told the committee that he expects that Ireland will be in that position in a number of weeks.
While he said he does not foresee further lockdowns, he added: "We can never absolutely rule anything out." Dr Holohan also told the committee "there is so much infection out there in the population" that it is contributing to outbreaks in nursing homes.