There is increased confidence that the planned easing of restrictions for June remains low to medium risk, the National Public Health Emergency Team has said.
It has also pointed to early evidence of high levels of vaccine effectiveness. In its latest letter to the Government, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan said that vaccination was proceeding at or ahead of schedule, with high uptake.
NPHET also said that the incidence of Covid-19 is at or below what model scenarios projected in late April, for the progressive reopening in May and this month.
Daily Covid-19 case numbers are relatively stable at 400 to 500 a day. The number of patients in hospital or in ICU is declining slowly and there has also been a significant decrease in