Dr. Tony Holohan:

-----obviously older. We have been focused on trying to get the message to the groups that give us greatest concern as far as transmission is concerned, who over recent weeks have been the 19 to 24-year-olds. The incidence among them went up to 450 per 100,000 two weeks ago but has dropped back to fewer than 300 per 100,000. We also have data on contact behaviour across the age ranges and we have good reason to believe that 19 to 24-year-olds are changing their behaviour and listening to the message. Young people are taking the message on board, taking responsibility and avoiding the kinds of circumstances that lead to transmission of the virus. What we are now seeing, unfortunately, is that the age groups in which the incidence is increasing are the older age groups that will be represented among the hospitalisations and deaths.