Mandatory quarantine will work if implemented properly, says expert

Mandatory quarantine will work if implemented properly, says expert

Gardaí on Covid-19 level 5 travel restriction checkpoint duty at Cork Airport. Picture Dan Linehan

Infectious diseases expert Professor Paddy Mallon has said that if the mandatory quarantine measures were implemented properly then that would go a "significant" way towards correcting “the mistakes of the past.” 

Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, he also said there needed to be a level of “bio security” at the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

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