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NPHET will consider whether children should wear masks in primary schools when it meets later

Nov 25, 2021 07:20 By News Northern Sound
NPHET will consider whether children should wear masks in primary schools when it meets later
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Nearly one in every hundred children tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

NPHET will consider whether children should wear masks in primary schools when it meets later this morning.

It comes as nearly one in every hundred children tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

5,375 contracted the virus, according to the latest Health Protection Surveillance Centre report - the highest infection rate of any age cohort.

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But just 24 outbreaks have been liked to schools -- accounting for 139 cases.

Consultant in infectious diseases, Dr Eoghan De Barra, says infection in children is generally mild:

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