Up to 200,000 to return to work in May alone -deputy PM No decision yet on international travel (Updates with PM speech, adds details)
By Padraic Halpin
DUBLIN, April 29 (Reuters) - Ireland will press ahead with plans to reopen all retail stores, personal services and non-residential construction in May, with hotels, restaurants and bars to follow sooner than expected in early June, the government said on Thursday.
The government committed a month ago to reopening all shops for the first time this year in May and hotels in June if it could avoid a fourth wave of COVID-19 and speed up its vaccine programme - criteria that it has met.
Ireland to reopen all shops in May, hospitality in early June
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Greece Lifts Curbs; India Daily Cases Top 200,000: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated that canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option as cases in the city rose to the highest in more than two months.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.