HSE tells hospitals to restrict New Year outpatient appointments
In anticipation of a surge in respiratory viruses, the HSE has told hospitals to schedule less routine work after Christmas than normal, so as to lessen the impact on the wider health service.
Meanwhile, the number of patients in hospital with Covid has risen to its highest level since July. There were 556 hospitalised patients with the virus on Sunday, up from 372 just a week earlier. However, the number of Covid patients in ICU remains stable and is about as low as it has been at any point during the pandemic. There were 12 patients with Covid in intensive care on Sunday.
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