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CMO: Children Should Not Go To School If They Are Displaying Covid Symptoms.

File image: CMO Dr. Tony Holohan/RollingNews

He says anyone who is feeling unwell should isolate and contact a GP.

The Chief Medical Officer has re-iterated that children should not go to school if they're displaying Covid symptoms.

Dr Tony Holohan says no matter how mild those symptoms may be, the child and their family should isolate and contact a GP.

They include a fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, runny or blocked nose, nausea, vomiting, aches or headaches, a sore throat or diarrhoea.

DCU Professor of Health Systems, Anthony Staines, says isolating is the best way to stop Covid spreading further:

Prof. Staines, says the advice makes sense, but schools still need more public health support

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