Two weeks 'too long' for children who are close contacts to miss school, says expert

If a positive case was identified in a classroom, it could in effect be day two or three not day zero and if a child had a negative test on day five then they should be allowed to return to school, she said.

Children should not have to stay out of school for two weeks when they have been identified as close contacts according to Professor of Immunology Christine Loscher.

In her view 14 days was too long, she told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.