'Too much social mixing' in December as health chief warns of 1,200 cases a day next month

Christmas shoppers on Grafton Street. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A leading member of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has warned that there has been “too much social mixing” in the first week of December.

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the Npeht Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, made the statement as he urged people to reduce their contacts.