Visiting restrictions have been put in place at Nenagh Hospital in Tipperary, due to the high levels of Covid infection across its inpatient wards.
In a statement, the University of Limerick hospital group said the action had to be taken to keep patients, their families and staff safe and to ensure that essential services can remain open.
"We wish to reassure patients and their loved ones that all appropriate infection control precautions are being followed to minimise the risk of spreading infection among staff and patients within our health facilities, and also within the wider community.
"All other services in the hospital continue to operate as normal."
The only exceptions to the visiting restrictions are for people assisting confused patients - such as dementia – and people visiting patients who are critically unwell or at end of life. These exemptions are limited to one person per patient only and are on a case-by-case basis.
It follows a decision by the region's acute hospital, University hospital Limerick, last Sunday to close to all visitors, which was also as a result of increased Covid infection in the hospital.
