Around 12,000 children are already at home from school restricting their movements after being identified as close contacts of a confirmed case of Covid-19 – is it inevitable this number will rise? Or could we be doing more to circumvent this? Dr Illona Duffy and Kieran Christie of the ASTI gave Pat their thoughts.

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