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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and 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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"It's not enough to just flatten the curve..."

This weekend saw the biggest daily rise in Covid-19 cases ever. Meanwhile, more specifically, he Covid R number in Germany has risen sharply in recent days, with the number at 2.88 for the last 4 days. This ‘reproductive rate’ means that for every 100 people infected, it’ll be passed on to 288 people. It’s accepted that an R rate of below 1 is the aim. Dr Margaret Harris is spokesperson for the World Health Organisation, and she gave her response to Ivan on Monday evening's edition of the Hard Shoulder.