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Pringle calls for All-Ireland ‘zero Covid’ strategy from government

written by Chris McNulty January 29, 2021
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DONEGAL TD Thomas Pringle has called on the Irish Government to adopt a ‘zero Covid’ strategy.

The Killybegs-based Indepdent says that an All-Ireland zero-Covid is needed or the country will face a series of ongoing lockdown measures.

“’Zero Covid’ is getting the infection rate down as low as possible and maintaining that,” Deputy Pringle said.

“And you have adequate contact tracing, so when a case arises you jump on that case, you get all their contacts, you ensure people isolate and you stop it spreading.”

Deputy Pringle has been calling for an all-Ireland, zero Covid approach to the coronavirus since last year.

Speaking this morning, Deputy Pringle said: “Otherwise, we’re going to be in a situation where we’re going to be in constant lockdowns and we’ll be lucky if this time next year we’re actually out of it all together. And I don’t think that’s acceptable to anybody.

“I don’t think it’s acceptable to business people who are seeing their businesses closing down and opening up, closing down and opening up. It’s not acceptable to people in nursing homes. I don’t think it’s acceptable to anybody in society.”

Deputy Pringle compared New Zealand, where 50,000 people watched football in a stadium, to the All Ireland Final in December played before an empty Croke Park.

He said: “I think there’s a possibility that we could actually get back to that. And the reality is if we fail, you know what will happen? More people will be alive at the end of it.”

Pringle calls for All-Ireland ‘zero Covid’ strategy from government was last modified: January 29th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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