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Is It Time To Disband NPHET?

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan is “broadly positive” about the current situation with Cov...

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07.37 27 May 2021


Is It Time To Disband NPHET?


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07.37 27 May 2021


Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan is “broadly positive” about the current situation with Covid-19 but has warned about the dangers of the so-called Indian variant and local spikes of new cases. It comes ahead of tomorrow’s Government announcement on further easing of coronavirus restrictions. But with our vaccine rollout exceeding targets is it time to phase out NHPET?  To discuss further Ciara spoke to  Marc MacSharry Fianna Fail TD for Sligo & Professor Gerry Killeen, Chair in Applied Pathogen Ecology in UCC.

 

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