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The weekly number of calls made by contact tracers over seven days has more than doubled in the past fortnight from 4,600 per week on September 4th to more than 10,500 as of last Friday. Photograph: Getty Images

HSE’s contact tracing service at its busiest since peak of outbreak in mid-April

Thee are now 2,000 calls per day being made to close contacts of those who have contracted Covid-19

With more mask-use, the number of additional Covid-19 deaths could be kept to under 400, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, based at the University of Washington. Photograph: Gareth Chaney

Ireland may see 1,200 more Covid-19 deaths by 2021 if face mask use doesn't improve - US experts

Worst-case forecasts of 8,000 daily cases, ICU shortages and a ‘deadly December’

Members of the Defence Forces man a drive in Covid-19 testing centre at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Coronavirus: Dubliners urged to limit social contacts as 133 of 231 new cases are in capital

Highest number of cases recorded nationwide since May 14th

Jerick Martin with his wife Melissa Rose and daughter Camilla Rose: “When I saw my daughter, I knew I needed to recover for her.” Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Covid-19: Carer given ‘second life’ after 68 days in ICU

Jerick Martin (38) warns young to take virus very seriously as it has damaged his health

Two additional pop-up coronavirus testing facilities will open in Dublin this weekend. File photograph: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus: Two additional pop-up testing facilities to open in Dublin

Centres will increase testing capacity by between 180 and 200 tests per day, HSE says

File photograph of an entrance to Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Coronavirus: Two patients die in 48 hours amid clusters in Armagh hospital

North reports 61 new cases of Covid-19 amid outbreaks on Craigavon hospital wards

Gardaí passing a closed pub in Temple Bar, Dublin. File photograph: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Now for the tricky bit: ‘We need to move from a state of fear to being cautious’

Incidence of coronavirus in Sweden dived below that of Ireland’s this week

File photograph of Dr Ronan Glynn at a press briefing. Photograph Nick Bradshaw

Coronavirus in Ireland: 98 more cases and no further deaths reported

Sligo, Mayo and Leitrim currently have the lowest levels of Covid-19 infections in the State

Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry hit out at what he described as “Stasi” guidelines for pubs serving food. Photograph: iStock

‘I don’t understand why there’s a problem’: Donnelly defends laws to record meals

Taoiseach says it was ‘overstating it’ to claim it was a communications calamity

The health authority’s review into how other countries are dealing with Covid-19 outbreaks in schools was published on Friday. Photograph: iStock.

Schools should not screen temperature or symptoms, says Hiqa

International Covid-19 review says schools should not close without input from authorities

Hotel Doolin, Co Clare. Photograph: Facebook

‘Complete nonsense’: hotel manager says Government ‘obsessed’ with hospitality industry

Hotel Doolin says it will not be complying with new requirement to make record of all meals ordered

The scheme comes into effect on October 1st, but accommodation and food businesses can now register with the Revenue commissioners to participate. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Staycationers can claim tax credits of up to €125 under new scheme

Stay and spend scheme requires registration for both businesses and individuals claiming

It is understood rooms which had been used had been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before full classes resumed and all students returned. File photograph: The Irish Times

Kerry schools send some students home after positive Covid-19 tests

A primary and a secondary school in the same region of the county impacted

One senior HSE therapist said it was ‘crazy’ that clinical therapists were being used to swab tests and make contact tracing calls. Photograph: Alain JocarD/AFP via Getty

Concern grows as HSE therapists redeployed as Covid-19 testers

Therapists fear deployment may be long term, and affect primary care and disability services

HSE: 1.28 million applications now have the Covid-19 tracker app installed

Covid-19 tracker app: ‘1,500 people downloading a day’

HSE says 1.28 million devices have the application downloaded

Twenty-two people have tested positive in a single outbreak of Covid-19 among the Roma community

Covid-19: Roma community sees 22 positive tests in one outbreak

Dublin accounts for 45 per cent of all new cases in the past fortnight

Jay Bourke has said the decision not to allow all pubs to reopen is illogical. Photograph: Collins

Berlin D2 owner promises ‘well supervised’ brunches this weekend

Jay Bourke says ‘strict controls’ in place to ensure ‘20 seconds of madness’ not repeated

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