The cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss plans to scrap the requirement to restrict movements for close contacts.   People who have had a booster jab will no longer need to restrict their movements if they are identified as close contact of a confirmed Covid case. To discuss this further Jonathan was joined by Christine Loscher, Professor of Immunology at DCU.

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