Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer, HSE
🎙️ “We all have to reconsider our Christmas plans”
Dr Colm Henry @CcoHse #TodayCB— Today with Claire Byrne (@TodaywithClaire) December 21, 2020
This morning.
RTÉ Radio One’s Claire Byrne Live.
Dr Colm Henry, chief clinical officer with the HSE said the options for mixing with family over Christmas are “narrowing” with an increase in Covid-19 infection rates across all age groups.
He wans everybody to reconsider their festive plans. “It’s about reducing close contacts so the virus cannot jump from person to person.”
Asked about the new coronavirus variant in the UK, he said mutations were not uncommon with new viruses. “This strain has taken off in the south east of England in the past four weeks, it appears to be much more transmissible and is better at evading the body’s immune response – but we do not know for sure yet.”
Options ‘narrowing’ for family Christmas gatherings, warns HSE (RTÉ)
