"Living with Covid-19": the Irish strategy
A woman walks down a deserted Dublin street on September 3, 2020. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne
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The Irish government presented this Tuesday, September 15, its health plan entitled "Living with Covid-19".
Dublin is unveiling its strategy for the next six months at least to allow the Irish to live as normally as possible until a vaccine is found.
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From our correspondent in Dublin
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Emeline Vin
From this Wednesday September 16, Ireland will be placed in level two, on a scale of one to five.
Level one prohibits gatherings of more than 500 people.
Level five provides for limited movement, prohibited gatherings, closed non-essential businesses, such as during containment.
For the Irish, almost nothing changes this Wednesday, September 16.
Gatherings in general are always limited to one hundred people and 50 for masses, weddings and funerals.
Some sporting events will be able to accommodate supporters.
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The iconic Irish pubs will reopen next Monday, as planned, everywhere except Dublin.
The capital records twice as many contaminations, in proportion, than the national average.
However, the government refuses to impose more restrictions, too heavy economically.
The Prime Minister is simply advising Dubliners to limit contact even more and not to invite anyone to their home.
The alert level of each county will depend on its contamination rate and its ability to manage the epidemic.
The plan also includes 600 million euros of support for the hospital system, already saturated, to face the winter, and the addition of Covid-19 and seasonal flu.
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