The National Public Health Emergency Team is working to develop advice for the public on how to navigate Christmas safely.
A senior member of the team, Professor Philip Nolan, says it will allow us to keep numbers low but have some level of social and economic activity over the festive period.
He told the Business Post that strict limits on Christmas get-togethers is needed to prevent a third wave of the virus.
Dr Nuala O'Connor, the Irish College of General Practitioners' lead advisor on Covid-19, says until a vaccine is available, we have to learn to change our behaviour.
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