Healthcare workers call for mandatory masks and the return of working from home

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Healthcare workers call for mandatory masks and the return of working from home

Masks on public transport and in shops and working from home should be made compulsory again. That’s the call being made today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine who say the moves are needed to counteract the covid surge in hospitals. The calls come on the day that the emergency powers used for Covid restrictions are due to expire. For more on this Shane spoke to Dr Fergal Hickey Consultant in emergency medicine at Sligo University Hospital and President of the Irish. 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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Healthcare workers call for mandatory masks and the return of working from home