The Chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group has warned that unless we move collectively and firmly to prevent further transmission of Covid-19 "we will see case numbers rise to a level that is unsustainable" Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Professor Philip Nolan said there has been "a slow but very particular rise" in the level of disease in the population and Covid-19 has spread from workplaces to households and into the community.
He said that community transmission has doubled over the last ten days. Prof Nolan said that although the rate of growth is slower than at the previous critical juncture in late February and early March, it is still too fast and we must now