The covid case numbers continue to rise, with warnings from the WHO that Ireland may soon have to consider a return to localised restrictions. Paul Moynagh is Professor of Immunology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University spoke to Shane on the show this morning.

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