'Solidarity is the most powerful tool in fighting Covid-19' - 61 new cases in Ireland

Professor Philip Nolan. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

As a further 61 Covid-19 positive tests were confirmed last night, a health expert has insisted reopening schools is highly unlikely to create a breeding ground for the virus.

The chairman of the National Public Emergency Team's modelling group, Philip Nolan, said there was very little international evidence to show schools opened in other countries are major sites for transmission.