Advice on international travel could have saved lives if heeded last year
Last May, Nphet advised the Government to introduce tighter travel restrictions. This could have saved lives, the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group has said. File picture.
Some people lost to Covid-19 could have been saved if tighter travel restrictions were imposed last year as advised by Nphet, according to public health experts.
On May 8, 2020, chief medical officer Tony Holohan wrote to then health minister Simon Harris, warning of the risk of importing the virus through Irish residents going abroad or arrivals from other countries.
