Curtail spread of Covid-19 in hospitals, INMO urges Government

The reduced level of hospitalisations and deaths in this wave may be due to the protection offered by vaccines, boosters and natural immunity from infection being built up in the population

The Irish and Nurses Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said that the decision to shorten the isolation period for close contacts and confirmed cases of Covid-19 must be “grounded in science and good public health practice”.

“The period of isolation is to protect the infection from spreading further,” INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said.