Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said that the current 5km exercise limit could be reduced to 2km if Level 5 restrictions don't lead to a sufficient reduction in Covid-19 cases.
After a record daily number of Covid-19 case numbers was reported yesterday, Minister Ryan said that "a really strong effort in the next week from everyone can stop hospitals becoming overrun". Speaking to Seán Defoe on On The Record with Gavan Reilly this morning, he added that "more could be done" in terms of restrictions if there is not a sufficient decrease in cases by the end of January.
Specifically, he said that "for example, reducing the
travel restrictions from 5km down to 2km which we did last March and April and a range of different measures that you could look at then. That's for a week or two's time if we find that the numbers aren't starting to flatten off and then decrease."
On schools, Minister Ryan said that the plan remains to reopen education on January 11 but the situation will be reviewed this coming week. You can read more of Eamon Ryan's comments this morning
here.
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