A member of the National Public Health Emergency Team is asking people not to get ahead of themselves as Covid 19 restrictions ease.
Image via PexelsThe Cabinet Covid sub-committee will meet this evening to consider what measures can be relaxed next month.
The return of non-essential retail starting with click and collect; personal services like barbers, hairdressers and beauticians; and the full return of construction are all earmarked.
Museums, galleries and libraries are also likely to open in May, while religious services like mass could resume as early as next week.
The government is also examining a range of outdoor activities including non-contact training for adults and allowing more households to meet up outdoors.
Plans for June will also be drawn up with the expected return of domestic tourism through the opening of hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses.
At Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party meeting last night there was a push to ensure pubs and restaurants could open in some form, with no distinction between wet pubs and gastropubs.
It's expected inter-county travel may also be allowed to return in June.
Dr Mary Favier, who is a member of NPHET, says many doctors have noticed an increase in Covid referrals this week.
Dr Favier says their fingers are crossed that the increase is due to increased vigilance against the disease.
But she has stressed that people's behaviour cannot get ahead of the vaccine rollout.
