The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet later to review the latest information about the spread of Covid-19 and consider their next move.
Issues around the testing backlog, protecting staff and patients in nursing homes, personal protective equipment for health care workers, and what more can be done to slow the spread of the virus will be on the agenda.
HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid said the HSE is engaging worldwide to secure alternative stocks of personal protective equipment should the supplies negotiated through a massive €200 million order recently placed with China not materialise to the extent that the HSE expect.