Infectious disease specialist says we need to reduce Covid-19 transmission to keep children in school

Teacher Joanne Conlon with some of her class pupils watching the Baby Shark Hand Wash Challenge and mimicking washing their hands, at St John the Baptist Primary School in west Belfast. 

An infectious disease specialist says the country should continue to reduce the number of cases of Covid 19, in a bid to reduce the risk of children being sent home from school.

It comes as a South Dublin Primary School sent 30 students home from one class as a precaution.