Doubts continue to rise around the planned lifting of Covid restrictions in just 7 days' time. NPHET will meet on Monday to discuss the latest rise in cases ahead of a government decision later in the week. For more we were joined by Anne O’Connor Chief Operations Officer at HSE.

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