DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will not consider re-opening its hospitality sector before mid-summer due to the high level of COVID-19 infections in the country, Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Saturday. Bars, restaurants, cafes and hotels have been closed in Ireland for much of the past 12 months, with the latest national lockdown in place since late December. The country has the 16th highest rate of COVID-19 infections of the 30 countries monitored by the European Centre for Disease Control. It reported 250 cases per 100,000 people in the 14 days to Friday, less than one fifth of its mid-January peak, official data showed. But the government has said it must be cautious about reopening as around 90% of cases are of a more transmissible strain of the virus first discovered in Britain. No consideration will be given to opening hospitality until mid-summer . the numbers of the virus are far too high, Martin said in an Irish language interview with state broadcaster RTE. Any easing of
Ireland won t consider re-opening hospitality before mid-summer: PM
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Ireland won t consider re-opening hospitality before mid-summer: PM
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will remain under significant restrictions until the end of April, Prime Minister Micheál Martin was quoted as saying on Thursday, as health officials warned the near dominance of the more infectious UK COVID-19 variant was slowing suppression. Ireland has been back in lockdown for almost two months after a wide reopening of the economy in December led to its most deadly COVID-19 surge to date, just as the variant known as B1.1.7 identified in Britain started to become more prevalent. Nine out of every ten transmissions are now attributable to the variant, cutting the daily fall in cases from 7-10% last month to just 0.2 to 0.4% this week and prompting the government to further push out any gradual reopening of the economy. We ve already certainly indicated that beyond Easter we ll look at it again but until the end of April you can look at significant restrictions and we ll review it after that, Martin told the Irish Mirror newspaper in an interview. The go
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