NPHET and the Government sub-committee will meet today to discuss rise in the number of covid cases in Dublin and Limerick. Is lockdown inevitable and what does it mean approaching flu season? For more we were joined by Tony O’Brien, Former Director General of the HSE and columnist with the Business Post.

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