The Department of Health and the Health Service Executive will today launch a Covid-19 tracker app, which will help identify close contacts of people who test positive for the disease.
The app is expected to facilitate contact tracing, symptom tracking and contain other information about the virus. Yesterday, for the second day in a row, no further deaths were reported here from Covid-19.
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the situation is currently "looking good" but he also emphasised that all elements of the pandemic are being kept under constant review.
One of the ways by which the virus is tracked is by tracing close contacts of people who themselves test positive. The Covid-19 tracker app is designed to help with both