Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team
Professor Philip Nolan:
I do not have much to add other than to say that we saw decreased attendance at workplaces as schools closed. All present understand why that was the case. We will not necessarily see any increase in the incidence of disease, provided that people do not take the return to school as an opportunity to return to the workplace, as Dr. Glynn pointed out. The other positive thing we are seeing in mobility data is far more outdoors activity. If people read the signals well and get out and about for their socialisation and mental health rather than doing anything indoors, we could well keep the disease under control for the next couple of weeks with schools open.
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