Everyone in Ireland should take daily Vitamin D supplements due to growing international evidence the medicine may help to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks, politicians will say today.
The recommendation is contained in a new report which will also say anyone attending Covid-19 test centres should be given Vitamin D and that an "opt out" system for the supplement should be created in nursing homes and among health workers to encourage uptake.
The 28-page report, which has been seen by RTÉ News and will be published on this morning, was drawn-up by the cross-party Oireachtas committee on health in recent weeks as part of its ongoing review of the Covid-19 situation in Ireland.