An all-island plan is now “the only way” to tackle the high number of Covid-19 cases occurring on both sides of the Border, public health expert Dr Gabriel Scally has said. “Certainly, I can see no harmonisation that has taken place as a result, and very limited if any integrated working, whereas we should have had an agreed approach across the whole island,” Dr Scally said. ‘Porous’Asked why the Covid-19 figures in Donegal continue to remain so high, despite falls elsewhere in the State, Dr Scally said: “The Irish border has always been porous and people have always moved across it,” he said. It has had 479 cases in the last 14 days – equivalent to 300.9 cases per 100,000 there. The east remains busy probably because of cross-border transfer,” Dr McCauley told The Irish Times.

Source: The Irish Times November 13, 2020 00:56 UTC