Some students were sent home with books in case schools close Published: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 07:48
Some students were sent home with books yesterday in case schools are forced to close in January.
The Irish Independent reports a number of schools took the precaution to ensure pupils are set up for remote learning after Christmas, if necessary.
The Department of Education has not issued any advice to the country s 4,000 schools to make any contingency plans.
The Government has said schools will reopen on January 6th - however the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said there is no guarantee it will happen.
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The news comes just hours after Micheal Martin announced a Level Five Christmas lockdown.
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Dr Colm Henry said recent arrivals from Britain should eat Christmas dinner alone in their room
The HSE s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry has said that the new advice for all arrivals from Britain since 8 December to self-isolate is painful but necessary.
Dr Henry said the 14-day isolation advice means that anyone who came to Ireland from England, Scotland or Wales from 11 December onwards should eat Christmas dinner alone in their room.
This follows the decision by the HSE yesterday to upgrade restriction requirements for people entering Ireland from Britain with the new strain of the virus raising fears of increased transmission.
Dr Tony Holohan says revise Christmas plans as Irish locations with mutant strain emerge
Experts said the more infectious mutant strain of the virus is very likely to be in Ireland
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