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Irish Mirror
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John Patrick Kierans & Sam Roberts

Coronavirus Ireland cases update: 14 new infections confirmed but no further deaths

No more people have died from coronavirus in Ireland, while 14 new cases have been confirmed.

It brings the total number of Covid-19 cases here to 25,942 since the outbreak began.

The announcement was made by the Department of Health this evening.

Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, said: “11 of today’s cases were close contacts of confirmed cases and half of these had no symptoms.

"If you are concerned that you have been in contact with a confirmed case please come forward for testing. Do not wait for symptoms to emerge.

Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer. (Stephen Collins / Collins Dublin)

“There are now 8 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our hospital system, the lowest number since early March.

"However, across Europe the pandemic appears to be accelerating once again. We have an opportunity to avoid a similar scenario here.

"We must take it by focusing once again on keeping our distance, washing our hands, wearing face coverings and continuing to make safe decisions that will protect ourselves, our friends, our families. No one is safe unless everyone is safe.”

It comes after it was confirmed that people on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment or Jobseekers Allowance will be allowed to go on holidays without having their payments cut.

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has told the Dail she will sign a regulation allowing those receiving either payment to travel to green listed countries.

The news comes after the Government received major backlash after it emerged that people who travelled abroad would have their payments stopped.

Minister Humphreys said she has directed her department to review cases where people who travelled to such countries had their payments stopped, conceding that her department could have communicated better on the issue.

She added that of the 2,500 payments that had ceased, 90% no longer resided in Ireland.

Ms Humphreys said she has listened to the concerns raised by both the public and the opposition and accepted that many people who may have travelled abroad were not aware of the regulations.

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