Christmas will not be cancelled, says top HSE officer

Christmas will not be cancelled, says top HSE officer

Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry: “We can’t rely on intensive care beds as a line of defence. The only way to prevent spread of the virus was to limit contacts." Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

The HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry, has said Christmas will not be cancelled in 2020 but it will be different. 

Dr Henry has also warned that more intensive care beds are not the solution to the spread of Covid-19. 

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