Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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Dr. Giesecke's introductory remarks referred to protecting nursing homes and elderly people. If Covid is widespread or at least spreading in the community, is it simply inevitable that it will make its way to older people and into nursing homes or is there a way to stop that happening?