Shoppers are still obligated to wear masks in Pharmacies as they come under healthcare settings rather than just retail.
The legal obligation to wear masks in most settings ended on Sunday night with your trip to Tesco or on the Luas now allowed to be mask-free.
But while all retail settings are now under different rules, your trip to the Pharmacy is the same, with masks required.
The Irish Pharmacy Union said on Monday: "Today, the mandatory requirement to wear masks in retail settings has been removed. As pharmacies are considered healthcare settings, the current public health advice is that masks should continue to be worn there."
In a tweet retweeted by Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan and Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn, the Department of Health said that their public health advice has changed.
“You should consider wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings, particularly on public transport,” the post on Twitter said.
“Continue to practise good hand and respiratory hygiene by washing and sanitising your hands regularly, and coughing/sneezing into your elbow.
“Anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 should self-isolate immediately.”
On the Department of Health website, they said: “Covid-19 is still with us and there are critical components which still require our collective response.”
Among these components was getting your primary and booster vaccines and isolating if you are symptomatic or if you get a positive antigen or PCR test.
As well as that, managing risk for yourself and those more vulnerable was mentioned, with the statement saying, “You can do this by wearing masks, physical distancing and avoiding crowds as well as maintaining basic hand and respiratory hygiene.”
