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Is Ramping Up Testing Our Only Solution To The Coivd19 Pandemic?

Health Minister Simon Harris said social distancing could be part of Irish life until a vaccine f...

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08.58 20 Apr 2020


Is Ramping Up Testing Our Only Solution To The Coivd19 Pandemic?


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08.58 20 Apr 2020


Health Minister Simon Harris said social distancing could be part of Irish life until a vaccine for coronavirus is available, but is a vaccine the likely solution?  We discussed this on the show with  Dr Paddy Mallon, Infectious Disease physician at St Vincent’s hospital and Professor of Microbial Diseases at UCD school of Medicine.

Property Developer Michael O’Flynn joins to discuss the land price cap referendum set to be proposed by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, should they succeed in forming a Government. 

Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the School of Nursing and Human Sciences in DCU discusses the travel restrictions proposed by the Government to slow the spread of Covid-19.

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