'The numbers are the numbers': Nphet denies claims of scaremongering

Prof Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said that every new case represents a risk to an individual and those around them. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie 

Professor Philip Nolan has denied that Nphet was “scaremongering” when it said on Thursday that there was “an immediate need to take care and caution” as the reproductive rate of Covid-19 in Ireland rose.

The Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group within Nphet, Prof Nolan said that every new case represents a risk to an individual and those around them.