12.01.2021 - By Today FM
The use of face masks has been extended to primary school children of the age of 9 and up from today.
This cohort does not have to wear masks in school if they have a medical exemption in the form of a letter signed by their GP.
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Dr Gerard Barry, assistant professor virology, UCD and Dr Ilona Duffy, GP, Monaghan joined the Last Word to discuss.
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