A resurgence in the number of new Covid-19 infections in the State as a result of foreign travel, including from Britain and Sweden, has raised concerns among public health officials. Prof Nolan, chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group to the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), said that many of these cases were still being investigated. The Department of Health reported four additional Covid-19 fatalities and 16 new confirmed cases on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,714 and the total number of cases to 23,355. As a consequence, the greatest proportion of new confirmed Covid-19 cases - almost 60 per cent - were occurring in isolated cases connected to clusters in households or family settings. It was not necessarily inevitable if people and businesses continued to follow public health guidance, he said.

Source: The Irish Times June 18, 2020 16:49 UTC