Leo Varadkar announced new coronavirus measures
We're being urged to stay at home from midnight tonight until the 12th of April under new coronavirus measures announced tonight.
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced the new measures, which have some exceptions such as:
- Unless someone must go to work which is essential
- To shop
- To attend medical appointments
- vital family reasons such as caring for children, elderly, or vulnerable groups.
- exercise, which must take place within a 2km radius of your home.
"What happens next is up to each and every one of us" says Varadkar.
"Stay at home"
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) March 27, 2020
All gatherings have also been banned, with public transport restricted for essential workers while more non-essential shops will be closed.
Three more deaths and 302 new cases of the virus were confirmed here earlier today.
There have now been 22 COVID-19 related deaths here, with 2,121 confirmed cases.
