Covid-19: Varadkar appeals for calm as he warns worst is to come
Taoiseach says bill for coronavirus crisis will be ‘enormous’ and may take years to pay but public health is the priority
Leo Varadkar’s state of the nation address was intended to reassure a worried population about the Covid-19 pandemic – and to warn that worse is to come.
It was grim stuff. The national semi-lockdown with closed schools, pubs and crèches could continue for “months” more into the summer. The government expects 15,000 Covid-19 cases by the end of this month alone. The Taoiseach signalled that older people and the most medically vulnerable will...
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