Coronavirus: Republic of Ireland removes mask rules
The legal requirement to wear face masks in some public settings in the Republic of Ireland has been removed.Physical distancing measures in schools have also been lifted, while testing and tracing will be scaled back.However, travellers will also still need to use a so-called Covid passport, which shows digital proof of their vaccine status or recent test results, in order to travel internationally.
For everyone else, the public health advice is to self isolate until 48 hours after symptoms resolve, with no PCR requirement. Close contacts with no symptoms no longer need a test, unless they are a healthcare worker who is a household close contact.The NPHET, which was set up in January 2020 to deal with Covid-19, will also be abolished.Last week, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said he accepted there was a sense of nervousness among some people and so the advice was to continue to wear masks on public transport.
He told broadcaster RTÉ that based on the current trajectory of the disease "and based on how many people have been vaccinated and boosted", lifting most of the remaining restrictions "is the appropriate thing to do at this time".
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