Calls to allow open-air dining and sports after figures show just 0.1pc of Covid cases linked to outdoor transmission
Construction sites accounted for 21 outdoor-linked outbreaks, followed by 20 linked to sports and fitness activities. The figures back up international studies and led to calls for sports and other outdoor activities to be allowed again in Ireland sooner than is currently planned. However, the HPSC pointed out that it was not possible to pinpoint where exactly transmission occurred and that in 20pc of all cases the source of the infection was not known. Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan said the figures were evidence for outdoor activities to be allowed sooner rather than later. "We now have ...