Ireland has only one or two weeks to prevent stricter lockdowns being imposed as the virus is growing at an alarming rate across the country. The restrictions imposed on Dublin may expand to counties across Ireland if the progress of infection is not halted, health officials warned. Professor Philip Nolan said that the rest of the country is around two weeks behind Dublin in terms of coronavirus cases. Waterford, Louth and Donegal are the counties of most concern to health officials in terms of rising coronavirus cases. The number of new cases across the country remained high at 234, with 103 of these reported in Dublin.

Source: Irish Independent September 23, 2020 18:19 UTC