Holohan warns of surge risk if too much social mixing
Updated / Monday, 3 May 2021
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Dr Holohan said it is important that people keep up compliance with public health advice and existing restrictions
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has praised the sacrifices people have made over the last year, but warned that too much social mixing, especially indoors, even for those who have been vaccinated, will increase the risk of a further surge of Covid-19.
In an open letter published today in national newspapers, Dr Holohan says most of those vaccinated, so far, are people who would have been recommended to cocoon at the outset of the pandemic.
Ireland could face another Covid-19 surge if there is too much socialising indoors, CMO Tony Holohan warns
Updated: 3 May 2021, 8:30
IRELAND could face another surge of Covid-19 cases that could slow down the reopening of the country if there is too much socialising indoors, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has warned.
It comes as the HSE are set to smash vaccination records this week by administering up to 240,000 doses as the roll out finally steps up a gear.
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James Fagan from Larkhill got his jab at the Helix in Dublin yesterdayCredit: Gary Ashe - The Sun Dublin
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People queued to get to their vaccine at the The Helix in DublinCredit: Gary Ashe - The Sun Dublin
Race is on in Laois to get funds for the revamped Town and Village Renewal grant scheme
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Plans are already in place to turn Borris-in-Ossory courthouse into a remote working hub and community centre );
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The gun has been fired on the race to become one of just eight projects in Laois that will get a share of more than €1 million that is potentially available for renewal projects.
In a change to the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, one project in Laois will get €500,000 toward the cost of a large project - more than double what the highest cost project would have got in previous years.
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