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# R number

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R number drops to between 0.5 and 0.8 - but NPHET warns this will be 'really difficult to sustain'
'Stay at home, stop socialising': Ireland 'clearly' in third wave of pandemic, Philip Nolan says
NPHET warned R number would be impacted if hospitality and home visits were allowed
Health Minister says R number has dropped again to between 0.7 and 0.9
Coronavirus cases rise across UK as R number creeps above 1
Ireland's R number is now between 0.7 and 1.4, Health Minister says
Health Minister: 'If the R-rate continues at 1.8 for three weeks, we could have 150 cases a day'
UK infection rate increases as over 41,000 now confirmed dead from disease