NPHET have announced that there are 5,634 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today.

Of these cases there were 684 Covid-19 patients in hospital, of which 126 were in ICUs.

Dr Ilona Duffy, GP Monaghan, Prof Eoin Feeney, Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St Vincent’s Hospital Dublin and Duncan Graham, Managing Director, Retail Excellence Ireland joined the Last Word to discuss.

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