In an address to the nation Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says exceptions will be made for those working in health or social care and other essential services.
Key points from Leo Varadkar's speech:
- Leo Varadkar says from midnight tonight until Easter Sunday everyone must stay at home unless attending essential work, shopping or farming purposes
- All public and private gatherings are prohibited
- No travel outside of a 2km radius of your home
- People will be allowed to shop for food, household goods and health products.
- Travel to islands will be limited to residents of the islands only
- Further non-essential services will be closed
- Cocooning - People over 70 who are high risk should stay at home and put in place arrangements for people to check on them and make sure they have food and medicine
- Brief physical exercise within 2km of your house
- The Taoiseach also confirmed that a healthcare worker is one of the 22 fatalities.
- Taoiseach asks every man, woman and child to make these sacrifices not out of self interest but for love of each other
