The Department of Health has been notified of 101 further coronavirus-related deaths and 879 new cases. The deaths reported on Tuesday included that of a 19-year-old, one of the youngest victims of Covid-19. For more we’re joined by Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin.

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