Further Coronavirus Measures To Come In After Record Number Of New Infections

Further measures will be introduced in our response to the coronavirus after a record number of deaths and infection rates were reported yesterday.

Yesterday, the virus claimed a further 17 lives, bringing the death toll to 71.

325 new cases have been confirmed, including 6 in Clare, which means 40 cases have now been recorded in Clare and 3,235 across the country.

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Doctors and nurses could soon be asked not to live together to stop the spread of the infection.

Tony Fitzpatrick from the INMO says this needs to be done right.