Chief Clinical Officer with the Health Service Executive Dr Colm Henry has said that additional stringent measures were possible, if not probable, to try to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
His comments came after the Health Service Executive said there has been a significant increase in demand for testing and testing capacity has been ramped up.
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time last night, Dr Henry said there were what he called pinch points in the system at the moment, but that anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 should self-isolate, pending testing.
Dr Henry said that the pattern of transmission of Covid-19 was more of a concern than the number of new cases. He said more and more people were catching the virus from community transmission,