Call for 'all schools in the mid-Kerry area to close'

Covid-19 infection "flew through" Kerry school

Scoil Mhuire National School in Killorglin, Co Kerry, has closed due to one of the largest outbreaks of Covid-19 in any school. Picture Dan Linehan

The chairman of the board of management of Scoil Mhuire, the Kerry primary school closed on public health advice due to the number of positive cases of Covid-19 among pupils, said the virus just “flew through the school”.

Jerome Conway said everyone had to be tested so the school had to close.