Rules around close contacts are set to be reviewed by public health officials tomorrow.
It follows a request by coalition leaders to look at reducing the current isolation period due to Omicrons impact on vital services.
It comes as a further 21,302 Covid cases were confirmed here yesterday, while 884 people are in hospital and 90 in ICU.
Infectious Disease Consultant, Eoghan DeBarra, says it’ll take time for the numbers to fall:
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