DUBLIN – Ireland on Tuesday (Feb 22) announced to lifts most of its remaining pandemic-linked restrictions from Feb. 28.
People will no longer be legally required to wear masks, physical distancing measures in schools will end, and the national testing and tracing program will be scaled back.
Government advice that masks should be worn on public transport and in healthcare settings will remain.
“The current epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in Ireland is broadly stable,” the government said in a press release, and “while the burden on hospitals remains significant, it is relatively stable”.
