The Cabinet's expected to sign off on changes to the isolation rules for Covid close contacts when it meets this morning.
A proposal being brought by the Health Minister would scrap the five-day isolation requirements for asymptomatic close contacts who've had a booster.
Close contacts who're vaccinated and have recovered from Covid in the past three months will also no longer need to self-isolate.
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Professor of Immunology at DCU, Christine Loscher, says the move isn't based on any scientific evidence:
