Reopening indoor dining this month could lead to six-fold increase in cases, GP warns 

Reopening indoor dining this month could lead to six-fold increase in cases, GP warns 

Ireland could see cases rise by a factor of six if indoor hospitality reopens, as the North has seen already, a Donegal-based GP has claimed 

Ireland could see a six-fold increase in Covid cases if indoor hospitality reopens later this month, a GP has warned. 

Donegal-based GP Denis McCauley said high infection rates in Donegal are “mirroring” high rates in Derry in Northern Ireland, where indoor hospitality is open and no real border exists for the local population or for the virus.

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