Strict restrictions could remain until early May, a Cabinet committee has heard, but some primary school pupils along with Leaving Certificate students are on course to return to school in early March. Prof Sam McConkey Infectious Disease Specialist at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland with reaction to extending the restrictions.
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