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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government will consider a wider distribution of antigen tests when it meets next week.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) on Friday advised that people who engage in high-risk activities should consider taking an antigen test twice a week.
In a letter to Government, Nphet warned that the situation in relation to Covid-19 is concerning and uncertain, and that while it was not recommending any significant new restrictions, it cannot be ruled out in future.
A return to a policy of working from home where possible is one of the major recommendations. A Cabinet subcommittee will convene on Monday to discuss this before a decision is taken at Cabinet next Tuesday.
Mr Martin said he didn’t expect tests to be distributed to every household and highlighted how they are already being sent to people who are close contacts of a Covid case.
But he also said: “Nphet’s advice has advanced and evolved in respect of antigen testing so in that context we will be giving further consideration in terms of a wider distribution of antigen testing to the public.”
In terms of the use of antigen tests in schools Mr Martin said that symptomatic children should stay at home.
He said chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said there will be specific circumstances where the tests can be used in schools.
Minister for Education Norma Foley said the HSE has been tasked with devising how this will work.
During a visit to Galway Mr Martin was asked if there are contingency plans if Covid numbers keep surging,
He said the vaccine booster campaign is having an impact in reducing cases among the over-80s and behaviour “does matter” in terms of seeking to lower the number of cases.
He added: “the impact of the booster will be something we’ll keep an eye on in respect of the degree to which it reduces - particularly admissions to hospital in certain age cohorts.”
In other advice from Nphet Mr Martin said there is “a very strong piece on mask wearing particularly in outdoor sporting events, that masks would now be worn in large crowds and in congregated settings.”
Sports events are now at full capacity and the Aviva Stadium was sold out for Thursday’s football clash between Ireland and Portugal.
Working from home
Mr Martin said the Government will consider the “very effective” safety measures brought in by employers as it considers public health advice that people should return to working from home.
Meanwhile, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, said that he did not believe Nphet was advocating against accommodating people who have to go their normal place of work for specific purposes but the government will be considering the Nphet advice carefully in terms of continuing with its current policy.
“What we will have to consider now as a government, taking on board the Nphet letter, is whether to continue the policy of the phased return to the workplace which has been government policy up to now and that is something we will have to consider, having carefully studied their letter.”
The letter came after the secretary of the Infectious Disease Society of Ireland said going into an office for work every day was riskier than occasionally going to a nightclub.
Infectious diseases consultant Dr Eoghan de Barra said he understood the recommendation to work from home if possible, even though nightclubs remain open, as going to a nightclub is an occasional event while going to an office is a daily event with other people, which is a bigger risk, he told Newstalk Breakfast on Friday.
A further 3,680 cases of the virus were confirmed in the State on Thursday.
The latest Health Service Executive figures showed there were 528 people in hospital with Covid-19 on Thursday night, with 96 of those in ICU.
The Mater hospital in Dublin had the highest number of Covid-19 patients with 57, followed by St James’s hospital (49) and Beaumont hospital (43).