FILE PHOTO: A sign posted on a residential front door displays a message of "Thank you to all frontline workers" as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Dublin, Ireland, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's chief medical officer said on Tuesday he did not expect to be able to recommend a lifting of severe restrictions on economic activity and the movement of people by April 12 amid a spike in the death toll from COVID-19.
"At this moment in time, we are not anticipating a recommendation later in the week that we should lift the measures that are in place," Dr Tony Holohan of the Department of Health told a news briefing on Tuesday.
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