3,726 new cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday, the highest number since January. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly warned, “we have to be concerned that things will deteriorate further”.  For more on this, we spoke to Christine Lochser, Professor of Immunology at DCU.

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