605 school staff reported contracting Covid-19 in the first two weeks of November.
That's according to a survey by the Irish National Teachers Organisation, which's warning the primary school system's 'creaking at the seams'.
It's calling for an immediate review of public health supports in schools.
INTO General Secretary John Boyle says school communities feel abandoned:
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"So we need the contact tracing, public health risk assessment and the mass testing for primary school children reinstated immediately."
"Obviously Antigen testing will be rolled out next."
"We need to see a proper approach to air filtration in schools, a lot of classrooms don't have the Co2 monitors, we need those."
