The Health Minister has played down any rift between NPHET and the government over implementing Covid restrictions.
That's despite Tánaiste Leo Varadkar saying the proposals from Dr Tony Holohan were "not thought through".
Every county in Ireland will enter level three restrictions from midnight tonight.
However, they rejected the level five measures proposed by NPHET.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly played down any rift between the public health officials and politicians:
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In the latest Covid-19 figures reported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, there were no additional deaths from Covid-19. 518 new cases were confirmed nationally, 34 of these cases were reported in Donegal.
From figures that were first reported on Sunday, 31 additional cases were added to the total number of cases in Donegal, 14 to Sligo and 3 in Leitrim.
