The Cabinet has agreed to end almost all remaining health restrictions from next Monday.
Mask wearing in schools, in retail settings and on public transport will be voluntary from the 28th of February, but they will still be required in healthcare settings such as hospitals.
Physical distancing measures in schools, such as pods, will also end next week, while testing and tracing will be scaled back from its current form.
NPHET will be wound-up too, but the Office of the Chief Medical Officer will continue to monitor the "epidemiological profile of the disease".
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