The lockdown at Letterkenny General Hospital is over.
The hospital has been closed for the past two weeks because of a major outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
However the good news is that the virus has now been contained and visitors can now and go and see loved ones on Christmas Day.
UP until yesterday the HSE had been forced to introduce strict guidelines on visiting
All visiters, apart from some to maternity and in extreme cases, had been stopped form seeing patients.
However a statement just released from the HSE has now revealed that the virus has been contained.
The winter vomiting bug which struck Letterkenny in recent days was one of the worst for many years.
Dozens of patients were struck down by the outbreak forcing management to introduce extreme measures and shut down the entire hospital to the public.