LAST UPDATE | 1 Jun 2020

AN ADDITIONAL 77 confirmed cases Covid-19 have been reported in Ireland, bringing the overall number of cases here to 25,062.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has also announced that a further one person with Covid-19 had died. 

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan said that as restrictions ease and we begin to resume social and economic life, “we must do all we can to prevent a second wave”.

Internationally, Britain partially reopened schools today and allowed the most vulnerable to venture outdoors. 

Here are today’s Covid-19 main points: 

• Health officials have confirmed a further one person with Covid-19 has died in Ireland.
• Healthcare workers are treated as being immune from Covid-19 for three months after first contracting the virus, according to the HSE.
• Siptu’s health division has called on the Minister for Health to ensure information relating to the Covid-19 infection rates of all health workers is released without delay.
• Dublin Zoo has confirmed that it will reopen to the public tomorrow in a reduced capacity and under new strict health and safety protocols
• Northern Ireland’s hotels can reopen from 20 July as long as the rate of infection is under control, Stormont economy minister Diane Dodds has said.
• Dublin City Council is investigating a number of options to provide the public with access to toilets in Dublin ahead of Phase 2 of easing Covid-19 restrictions on Friday. 
• Askonefamily, a specialist helpline for one-parent families, has reported an 84% increase in calls when compared with the same period last year as parents struggle with life in lockdown.
• Restaurants in Limerick city are to be allowed provide street tables as part of a proposed trial initiative by Limerick City and County Council to support local businesses as Covid-19 restrictions ease.
• The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is asking people to be open to “telling Ireland’s story” of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Most universities and third-level colleges are returning rent fees to students, while also facing a €500 million funding gap because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Bike shops around the world, including Ireland, have been reporting record sales in recent months, RTÉ has reported. 

Here are today’s international Covid-19 points: 

• Britain partially reopened schools today and allowed the most vulnerable to venture outdoors. 
• The US recorded 598 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing its total to 104,356 since the global pandemic began. 
• Confirmed Covid-19 cases in Latin America have surged passed one million.
• A contact tracing system is being rolled out across Wales as lockdown measures begin to be eased. 
• Poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are slammed by the economic fallout of the pandemic, the World Bank has warned. 
• Spain has reported no deaths in a 24-hour period from Covid-19 for the first time since March. On April 2, it recorded 950 deaths in 24 hours, the peak death toll.