In a letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly yesterday, Nphet has urged people to work from home where possible in a bid to get “dangerously high” Covid-19 case numbers under control.  Infectious Diseases consultant working in Beaumont Hospital and secretary of the Infections Disease Society of Ireland, Dr Eoghan De Barra spoke to Ciara this morning.

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