Creche and education clusters likely once new school term begins

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The Acting Chief Medical Officer says that clusters in creches and elsewhere are likely once the new school term begins at the end of August, with the hope that lessons learned over recent months and new measures around school re-openings will limit any spread.

Dr Ronan Glynn also said that Ireland is moving as part of a European bloc to ensure an adequate supply of any successful vaccine should any emerge from a number of clinical trials. He also told the latest NPHET briefing that while the R-number has fallen it is still above 1, and so the virus is still not suppressed in Ireland despite a fall in daily confirmed case numbers in recent weeks.