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Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has called for stricter curbs on international travel (Julien Behal/PA)
On Friday, Dr Glynn said the current regime on international travel makes it more difficult to maintain suppression of Covid-19, particularly in light of new strains of the virus.
He told the committee: “Nphet has been as clear as it possibly can be in relation to international travel. We do not want non-essential travellers coming into this country. We’ve been clear on that for months.
“It has happened, although obviously the volume of travel has been way down, which is welcome.
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Virus household transmission really hurting community
Updated / Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021
14:22
GP says household transmissions relate to the Christmas period
The Medical Director for Westdoc, an out-of-hours GP service covering Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon, has said household transmission of Covid-19 is really hurting the community.
Dr David McNeill said this is related to the Christmas period when people went home to visit parents and grandparents.
Speaking on RTÉ s Morning Ireland, he said we re seeing a lot sicker patients presenting to us unlike the previous waves.
He is also seeing patients who are quite sick by the time they call and who need hospitalisation, he added.
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