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No new Covid-19 deaths reported in past day, Dominic Cummings defends trip to Durham: Today's Covid-19 main points

Discussion this week is likely to be focused on the further easing of restrictions ahead of 8 June.

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TODAY HAS BEEN largely dominated by the ongoing Dominic Cummings crisis in the UK with the front pages giving their reaction to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s backing of his top adviser. 

Cummings’ flouting of lockdown rules by making a trip from London to Durham in April sparked outrage in the UK this weekend with Johnson yesterday backing Cummings but refusing to take questions over his top aide’s actions. 

Here in Ireland, meanwhile, there were no new deaths from the virus confirmed today along with 59 new cases. This brings Ireland’s total to 1,606 Covid-19 related deaths, and a total of 24,698 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Discussions this week are likely to be focused on the further easing of restrictions on 8 June with several TDs calling for the two-metre social distancing rule to be reduced to one metre. 

Here are today’s Covid-19 main points:

Here are today’s international Covid-19 points: 

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