A five-day quarantine for all arrivals into Ireland would be more realistic and ensure more compliance, says health expert Kingston Mills.
He said the variants first detected in South Africa, Brazil and California are causing concerns as some have a mutation in the virus spike protein that make it harder for vaccines to neutralise. He also said a ban on anyone entering without a negative PCR test and a mandatory follow-up test five days later would detect 99% of Covid-19 cases and be easier to implement.However, Prof Mills says that people must work to reduce community transmission and that going forward the virus could be controlled with an annual booster vaccine in the meantime.They've created a digital system integrated with an app on people's phone to register and record vaccinations.
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