2,488 new cases of covid19 and sadly 61 more deaths. The numbers come as Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan warned that the number of cases and deaths and the persisting high incidence rate of Covid-19 across the country shows we cannot underestimate the highly infectious nature of this disease . For more we were joined by Tomás Ryan Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin.
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