The Government has published the advice it received from the National Public Health Emergency Team, which led to its decision yesterday not to go ahead with Phase 4 of the reopening roadmap.
The advice is set out in a letter from Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. In it, Dr Glynn says NPHET has "significant and growing concerns".
These include the increasing number of cases being reported each day as well as increasing numbers of cases in vulnerable groups such as those living in direct provision.
He said NPHET is also concerned about multiple significant outbreaks in workplaces - particularly in construction and food production sectors; the increasing number of cases in young people,