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How prepared is Ireland for Coronavirus outbreak?

Samuel McConkey, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the RCSI, and Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health joined the show to discuss how well prepared Ireland is for a serious outbreak of the Coronavirus.

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10.47 31 Jan 2020


How prepared is Ireland for Coronavirus outbreak?


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10.47 31 Jan 2020


The World Health Organisation has declared that the coronavirus now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

Samuel McConkey, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the RCSI, joined Kieran Cuddihy to explain the scope of the problem, while Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health told Shane Coleman how well prepared Ireland is for a serious outbreak of the virus.


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