Currently 14,000 school children have been identified as close contacts and are home self-isolating.

In the last week there have been 2,000 cases of Covid-19 detected in the under 14 age cohort.

Priscilla Lynch, clinical editor with the Medical Independent, Orla Hegarty - Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin and Enda McGorman, Principal of Mary Mother of Hope Primary School in Dublin 15 joined Matt on The Last Word to discuss.

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