The Chair of the NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group has said that 100 children, aged between five and 14, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland in the last two weeks.
Professor Philip Nolan said that these are "in the context of household outbreaks". He said there will be Covid-19 clusters in schools, but it is likely such cases will have been contracted at home, rather than in schools themselves.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, Prof Nolan said it was a very anxious time for parents and teachers, adding that we know a lot more about the virus now than we did in March.
He said he could offer "a great deal of assurance" to people that the virus would not spread from schools back home to vulnerable people.