Coronavirus: Ireland put under six-week lockdown from Wednesday

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    Ireland has been moved up to level five restrictions - the most severe - to combat surging coronavirus infections.

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    The procedures will remain in location till December 1, as authorities stop simply except a complete lockdown (Picture: Getty)

    Ireland will be returned under the most difficult coronavirus constraints today, with the prime minister hopeful they will permit the general public to commemorate Christmas ‘in a meaningful way’.

    As of midnight Wednesday, the Republic will be positioned under level 5 constraints – the most extreme – for 6 weeks in a quote to reduce spiralling infection rates.

    Under the Government’s five-tier living with Covid roadmap, all non-essential stores, barbers, hair stylists and beauty salons will be required to close till December 1.

    Restaurants and coffee shops will just be allowed to run on a takeaway and shipment basis and the general public will be informed to work from house if they can.

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    Under the current guidelines, individuals will just be enabled to work out within 5km (3 miles) of their house.

    The variety of wedding event visitors allowed will stay at 25 till completion of the year.

    A woman walks through an empty city centre shopping street as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Galway, Ireland, October 19, 2020.

    The constraints will last for 6 weeks (Picture: Reuters)

    Officials have actually stopped simply short of enforcing a complete lockdown, as schools and creches will stay open, while elite-level sports and building will be enabled to continue.

    Prime Minister Michael Martin stated on Monday night that re-imposing a nationwide lockdown was ‘simply not a realistic option’, however alerted the spiralling infection rates were ‘too strong’ to neglect.

    The taoiseach stated: ‘Even as the winter comes in, there is hope, and there is light. If we pull together over the next six weeks, we will have the chance to celebrate Christmas in a meaningful way.’

    ‘We must persevere and we must be resilient,’ he included. ‘We will suppress this virus and we will emerge from these restrictions on 1 December.’

    A barber wearing PPE of a face mask or covering due to COVID-19, cuts a customer's hair inside a Barbers in Dublin on October 19, 2020, amid reports that further lockdown restrictions could be imposed to help mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

    Hairdressers, barbers and non-essential retail will be required to close (Picture: AFP)

    Martin likewise swore to supply financial backing for people and organizations and stated psychological health services would likewise be prioritised.

    The choice to move the nation approximately level 5 was taken at a Cabinet conference at Government Buildings in Dublin on Monday night, following suggestions from health specialists.

    It comes in the middle of a record variety of coronavirus cases taped over current days, with another 1,031 cases validated on Monday, bringing the overall to more than 50,000 for the very first time.

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