Cabinet ministers will consider the NPHET recommendations today
NPHET has recommended pubs and restaurants close at 5pm as soon as possible, as the Omicron variant spreads here.
I'm sorry what? Close pubs and restaurants at 5pm? Nah nah
— Nicole (@_nicolemck) December 17, 2021
Source: Twitter (@_nicolemck)
They have also proposed that cinemas, theaters and sporting events should also be subject to a 5pm curfew and be capped at half capacity.
But they haven't recommended the early closure of schools for Christmas.
Public health officials met for five and a half hours yesterday to discuss the Covid crisis.
So…we have to go for pints at 6am, is it?
— Gavan Casey (@GavanCasey) December 17, 2021
Source: Twitter (@gavancasey)
It's understood they haven't recommended limits on domestic travel or household visits.
Cabinet ministers will consider the recommendations today.
“Nothing’s decided” - very much the message from some Government sources this evening.
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) December 16, 2021
Source: Twitter (@newschambers)
