Tightening of Irish COVID-19 curbs appears to be working, says health official


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a man painting a mural, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dublin, Ireland, August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A significant tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland two weeks ago appears to be working, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

"It's early to say, but we would be optimistic. We have had a stable daily case count now since Aug. 19," Philip Nolan, Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, told national broadcaster RTE.

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