Covid-19: Lockdown begins ‘to save as many lives as possible’
Taoiseach tells public to stay at home for two weeks, with limited exceptions
It is a national lockdown, and it has come much sooner than anyone expected.
Just three days ago, Leo Varadkar announced a series of severe restrictions, including the closure of all non-essential retail businesses. Now the government has moved to a much more stringent set of measures to halt the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections and deaths.
For two weeks, up to April 12, everyone has been told to stay at home. Or “fan ábhaile”...
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