Close contact rules for pupils set to be relaxed from Monday

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Close contact rules for pupils set to be relaxed from Monday

Primary school children who are unvaccinated and have no symptoms of Covid-19 will be allowed to stay in school from Monday if they are close contacts of a confirmed case. The change is set to come into force despite 90 outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools last week. Are we taking the best course of action? To discuss this further Shane was joined by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the Labour education spokesperson and Aoife McLysaght Professor of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and Member of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Close contact rules for pupils set to be relaxed from Monday