Any change to close contact rules for school children would put them at unnecessary risk of Long Covid, according to an infectious disease expert.
The HSE's CEO Paul Reid suggested yesterday that it's time to re-consider keeping kids out of school if they're close contacts, but have no symptoms.
Almost half of testing over the last week or so has been on people up to the age of 18.
However UCD Professor of Infectious Disease, Dr Jack Lambert, says Long Covid is not worth a gamble.
Wicklow Councillors Split On Local Property Tax Rates
Will your property tax go up? Wicklow councillors will decide on Friday.
Wicklow's Jack Reynor To Be Honoured In Los Angeles
County Wicklow star to receive Oscar Wilde Award
Ominous Soundtrack Drowns Out Councillor's Message As Row Over Council Rent Hikes Rumbles On
A Bray councillor's TikTok about controversial new council rent scheme became a talking point for the wrong reasons, after the music he added overshadowed what he was saying.
East Coast FM's Jack Massey Among Ten Selected for the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme
East Coast FM's Jack Massey Among Ten Selected for the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme
New Water Mains In The Pipeline For Delgany
Works will begin on Church Road next week for "A water supply people can count on".
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