Nolan: Public behaviour over Christmas will determine Covid figures in January

Prof Nolan said it was appropriate to be with the people who were most important to us, but it was necessary to limit the duration of such gatherings. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Professor Philip Nolan, chair of NPHET’S epidemiological modelling group has said that how the public behaves in the coming days will determine the number of Covid cases in January.

“What happens next is in our hands,” he told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland.