From warnings that social mixing is leading to more cases of Covid-19 to advice to assume any cold-like symptoms are Covid-19 until proven otherwise, here are seven things we learned from the latest coronavirus briefing at the Department of Health. Covid cases no longer declining, social mixing blamed The chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team's epidemiological modelling advisory group has said that the number of cases of Covid-19 is now static, if not increasing, blaming this on increased social mixing.
Prof Philip Nolan said the cases being seen now are due to social mixing 10-14 days ago, and urged people to "pull back" now so that there are fewer cases two weeks from now.