'Put grandpa by the window' and bring own dinnerware at Christmas suggests health expert

Prof O’Neill said distancing, ventilation and hand hygiene would be very important at Christmas. File picture. 

Immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill is advising people to keep family hugs to a minimum this Christmas. 

“It sounds draconian” he admitted, but if families are to gather, he recommended they hug briefly while wearing a mask.