There are 56 new community cases of Covid-19 today and 51 people are in hospital.

In a statement, the Health Ministry said

There are calls to cut the numbers of people allowed into the country to slow the arrival of the highly virulent Omicron strain of the Covid-19 virus.

The government has announced three measures intended to fend off the more transmissible variant for "as long as possible".

They've pushed back the first phase of the border reopening, tightened pre-departure tests, and extended time in managed isolation.