The Department of Health have confirmed 208 new cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
The announcement was made by Dr Ronan Glynn this evening although there is no usual Monday press briefing.
The acting CMO said: "Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “NPHET has decided to reduce the period of isolation from 14 to 10 days for confirmed cases from the onset of symptoms, based on advice received from the Expert Advisory Group following a review of the evidence.
“In addition, it has been agreed that nasal swabs are an acceptable alternative to nasopharyngeal swab for use in children in the community. This will hopefully make testing a simpler process for children going forward.”
“COVID-19 is an evolving pandemic and NPHET is committed to adapting advice and guidelines based on emerging evidence.”
Instead NPHET is meeting with the Cabinet sub-committee regarding the latest steps in the battle against Covid-19 here in Ireland.
You can follow all the very latest on that right here in our live blog.
Earlier updates
Further restrictions on household gatherings and possibly even the delayed reopening of "wet pubs" are both on the cards for Dublin.
One of the key measures to deciding on further restrictions will be the rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population over the last 14 days.
And this has skyrocketed in Dublin recently, now standing at 89.1 in the latest figures released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said: ""The truth is the situation in Dublin is worrying.
"We have seen a situation where the incidence of the virus was as low as 5 or 6 per 100,000 over 14 days, now it's hitting about 80.
"Depending on how you count it, a 10 or 20 fold increase of the virus in Dublin within the space of a few weeks."
