A specialist in infectious diseases has said the switch to individual responsibility now required of people by the accelerated reopening of the economy is wise and people "must get out there" and live again.
Professor Sam McConkey said he is comfortable with the accelerated reopening of the economy as the virus is circulating at a "one in a million" level in the community.
Speaking on RTÉ's Brendan O'Connor programme, the head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland explained that of the 10 to 15 cases coming to light each day, they are part of a known chain of spread, whereas the number of unexpected cases of Covid-19 are at around a one in a million level.