Stricter Measures On International Travel Needed Says Clare Immunologist

A leading Clare immunologist believes stricter quarantine measures should be imposed with regards to international travel.

The Dáil is today debating legislation that would provide mandatory hotel quarantine for people coming here from 20 high-risk areas.

It will also affect arrivals without a negative Covid-19 test, but opposition TDs are calling for it to affect everyone coming into the country.

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Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham and Sixmilebridge native, Professor James McInerney says mesures similar to those in New Zealand will be needed to prevent the virus spreading here.