This page contains information on how the health service is responding to the global spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
If you are concerned about your health, read how to protect yourself and others from coronavirus.
A Safe Return to Health Services - restoring services in a COVID Environment, July 22 2020
A Safe Return to Health Services.pdf (PDF, size 753.4 KB, 11 pages)
Service Continuity in a COVID Environment A Strategic Framework for Delivery
Service Continuity in a COVID Environment A Strategic Framework for Delivery (PDF, 1.02 MB, 44 pages)
COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing Roadmap
COVID-19 Testing and contact tracing roadmap
Other COVID Reports
Visit GOV.IE for the latest coronavirus updates from the Department of Health
The response in Ireland
Ireland is following the advice of the:
Britain is taking a different response. It is no longer a member of the EU.
Other sources of information
Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)
COVID-19 advice and guidance for healthcare settings
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland
COVID-19 guidance for other settings
Department of Health
Department of Health - Coronavirus COVID-19
Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs - Updated travel advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
World Health Organisation
WHO - Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 outbreak
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
ECDC - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 Dataset Specification for patient assessment and tracking
COVID-19 Dataset Specification for patient assessment and tracking (PDF, 916KB, 42 pages).