The warning was sounded by chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan yesterday and comes as a signal that the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet), which meets tomorrow to make recommendations for reopening the country after lockdown, will take a guarded approach. He said the drop in cases to 252 yesterday and no new deaths was "one day's data". Numbers are likely to increase today and tomorrow because of the weekend effect, which tends to see a lower number of positive tests reported on Mondays. That is significant level of infections," Dr Holohan said. He acknowledged it was natural that if people regarded the situation as improving that they would relax their guard.

Source: The Herald November 24, 2020 02:26 UTC