Ireland may ease coronavirus restrictions from mid-April


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  • Saturday, 28 Mar 2020

Paramedics are seen attending an incident in Belfast as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland hopes to be in a position in two weeks to tweak or remove some of its new highly restrictive coronavirus-related measures if it can slow down the rate of admissions to intensive care units, Health Minister Simon Harris said.

Ireland's prime minister ordered citizens on Friday to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread, telling them they can only leave to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise or to make absolutely essential family visits.

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