DCU Prof Anthony Staines says every compromise we make adds to the risk. "I wouldn't go to a nightclub now and I don't see that many people will want to. I wouldn't go to a crowded pub or a crowded restaurant.
"The main fact is that one metre is better than no metres, two metres is a lot better than one metre.
"So if we go to one metre in terms of social distancing we will pay a price for that in terms of the control of the illness."
Yesterday, 10 more people tested positive in Ireland, but no further deaths were reported.
