People who arrive in Ireland or who have returned from travel must wear a mask and avoid crowds for 14 days, the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will tell TDs today. He will be addressing the Europe-wide move to a so-called traffic light system for international travel. “Against this backdrop there is a substantial risk associated with international travel at the current time,” he will say. Achieving these goals is predicated on maintaining low rates of transmission and avoiding an ongoing reseeding of cases for example through travel,” he will say. Committee members will hear that it is important that countries adopt approaches that facilitate travel, especially essential travel, while ensuring that those who need to travel are not posing an additional risk to the wider populace.

Source: Irish Examiner November 03, 2020 11:26 UTC