Nphet chair rejects claim that most under-12s will get Covid before spring

Prof Philip Nolan was responding to a suggestion by infectious disease consultant Prof Clíona Ní Cheallaigh that Covid was being allowed 'rip through primary schools'. Stock picture

Claims that most school children under the age of 12 will get Covid before spring have been rejected by the chair of Nphet's modelling group.

Professor Phillip Nolan said such a situation was "not plausible" and was based on an "uncritical reading" of a modelling study.