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A Professor of Immunology says antivirals are a sufficient treatment for those with Covid in thei...

HSE boss says Ireland is at its most hopeful point during the pandemic "People can look forward with much greater hope and confidence," he said 07/04/2021 (L TO R) An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD CEO of the HSE, Paul Reid speaking to media following a visit to the Citywest Vaccination Centre in Saggart, Co.Dublin. (Image: Collins Photo Agency) Want the latest political news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please tr...

On Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Trinity Professor of Experimental Immunology Kingston Mills said the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) should now clear the vaccines for use. “I think people have to remember that no medicine, whether it be a vaccine or a regular medicine to treat some disease, is without some side effects,” he said. “It is all about benefit versus risks. “You have to weigh up the risks for a person getting COVID-19 and the consequences of hospitalisat...

Share this article Antigen testing is a wonderful tool but is not an alternative to mandatory hotel quarantine, according to Professor Aoife McLysaght. The Trinity Professor of Genetics says we could have avoided the current lockdown if hotel quarantine was in place last summer. Yesterday saw 26 more countries added to the list of high-risk countries, meaning all people arriving here from those countries from next week must book a stay in a designated hotel. However, European states such as Fr...

Ireland is in line to receive 2.2 million doses with the first delivery expected in mid-April. A vaccination centre at St Marys Hospital and Nursing Home in Phoenix Park, 15-02-2021. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews Professor Mills said the country’s vulnerable population should be fully vaccinated by then. “The numbers of hospitalisations should decrease but there are still hospitalisations among the younger group and that is where most of the transmission is right now,” he said. “It ...

A five-day mandatory quarantine for passengers arriving into Ireland will allow too many new coro...