An emergency medicine consultant in the City says people can protect others and ease the burden on frontline hospital staff by staying at home this weekend.
Dr Chris Luke was speaking ahead of what health officials say could be a vital weekend for Ireland's fight against Covid-19.
28 more patients with Covid-19 died in Ireland yesterday, while 500 new cases were diagnosed.
Cork has the second highest number of confirmed cases 472.
Speaking to RedFM News, Dr Chris Luke from the Mercy University Hospital says people's actions will have a direct impact on staff's ability to treat people.
"The only thing we can do to reduce the projected burden on the health care system is for people to stay away from each other.
"And of course that means not going outside in groups and not going to beaches and not going to parks.
"People don't understand that as you're brushing past others in the park or on the Bach or on the street, that's exactly the point of danger.
"And above all people from different households mingling - that's the thing we worry most about."
