Dr Glynn said:
“I am not sounding any major alarm here for Dublin, but we have seen an increase in cases over the last number of days.
“It is something we are watching closely. It’s slightly higher in Dublin west, north west and north central but it is spread across the capital.
“It’s not an alarm, it’s a note of caution for people to take care.
“There isn’t one or two defined clusters that are driving this in Dublin, it is spread out across areas, settings and workplaces with a higher rate of one in three cases from community transmission than the rest of the country.”
With regard to the threat of Dublin joining Kildare in a full country lockdown, Dr Glynn said:
“This is the question where if I say ‘no’ – you know I can’t say ‘no’.
“But if I say ‘yes’ then the headline is that Dublin is liable to be locked down.
“That’s not the situation, there’s no suggestion at the moment that any further measures are needed.
“We recommended a significant set of measures last week at NPHET and they were largely taken on board.
“If people follow those recommendations and adhere to the public health advice in Dublin and across the country, I’d be hopeful that we’ll see the effect of that from next week.”
