Stick To The Rules...

Health chiefs urge public amid ‘duty of care’. Call to keep on course after sacrifices

- Liz Farsaci

Health chiefs yesterday warned the progress made to kill off Covid-19 can be reversed if we don’t stick to the rules.

As the nation’s sleeping economy slowly re-awakens today, HSE boss Paul Reid said the number of new cases could surge if people ignore the guidelines.

He added we have a “duty of care” to others, particularly healthcare workers.

And Health Minister Simon Harris took to social media to urge everyone to stay the course – and said we’d sacrificed too much to “screw it up”.

At the HSE briefing in Dublin yesterday, Mr Reid thanked everyone for their hard work over the past nine weeks but asked the public to continue the fight.

He said: “We’re facing into a very important week ahead as the Government commences the first key moment of reduced restrictions all across the country.