Varadkar expects NPHET to recommend new travel and social gathering restrictions

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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that it is likely that NPHET will recommend new restrictions on social gatherings and international travel

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“I would expect more recommendations around the management of close contacts, recommendations to decrease the amount of social mixing, and recommendations around international travel,” said Varadkar, speaking to the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. “GPs are delivering a significant number of booster vaccinations already, between 75,000 and 85,000 a week, but we’re now going to try and double that in the next one, two and three weeks with an all-out push to put booster jabs in peoples arms,” said Favier, speaking to Morning Ireland.

“We’re going to try and delay all non-essential, non-immediate work until the New Year, well into the New Year and divert all but urgent work into giving boosters.” The three coalition leaders received an update on the prevalence of the Omicron variant in Ireland, being briefed by the CMO Dr Tony Holohan and other senior members of the National Public Health Emergency Team .

“Either way, it may not make much of a difference one way or another but the important thing is to keep the rhythm, the routine going in respect of school and that is our agenda,” said Martin. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue told Newstalk Breakfast that schools will be reopened in January after the Christmas break.

On RTÉ’s Prime Time last night, Minister for State Thomas Byrne said that three new vaccine centres would be brought online and that the booster programme would be “massively ramped up”.

 

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