A specialist in public health in this region says serious caution is needed about the possibility of cutting the amount of time someone with a positive COVID-19 test has to isolate.
It’s understood the Government’s currently considering changing the 7-day rule as staff shortages increase for employers during the latest wave of the virus.
2,154 cases of the disease have been confirmed in Clare over the last 14 days.
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Dr Rose Fitzgerald, who’s a specialist in public health with Public Health Midwest, has been telling Clare FM’s Josh Prenderville that the mandate on mask wearing may need to be reintroduced if isolation times are cut back.
