Mr. Paul Reid:

It would be for people to consistently reduce their contacts. NPHET and the HSE are very strong on this. Reducing the numbers of contacts and gatherings diminishes the capacity of the virus to spread. People can sometimes feel safe when they are with their families and in small groups of ten, 15 or 20 but those gatherings cause high transmission of the virus. We have seen high transmission of the virus in gatherings at people's homes in the past few weeks. My strong call to the public would be for people to radically reduce the numbers that they need or tend to meet. We can do this in a positive way.