Covid-19: Expert calls for 'honesty' about decision to keep schools open

Schools are currently noted as the fifth-highest settings for instances of Covid since data began recording in March, despite having only reopened in September.

The author of a new report regarding the rates of transmission of Covid-19 among schoolchildren has called for “transparency of all data” from the health authorities with regard to the prevalence of the coronavirus in Irish schools.

The report, which has been seen by the Irish Examiner, was delivered to Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan earlier this week with a request that he bring it to the attention of the public health authorities.