NPHET have confirmed an additional 21,302 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today.
Of those covid cases 884 people were in hospital with the virus, 90 of whom are in intensive care.
Kingston Mills, professor of immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Illona Duffy, Monaghan GP and Daniel McConnell, political editor, Irish Examiner joined the Last Word to discuss.
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