CMO hopes schools can reopen ‘as soon as possible’

 

The Chief Medical Officer says it’s hoped schools can reopen as soon as possible – but has warned the levels of Covid-19 are nowhere near where they need to be.
A further 51 deaths linked to the virus were confirmed last night with 2,608 new cases – 135 of the new cases were in Donegal.
NPHET estimates the reproduction number of the disease is now between 0.5 and 0.8 – saying “substantial progress” has been made in the last few weeks.
However Dr Tony Holohan says transmission levels need to be reduced further to allow a full re-opening of schools: