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MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is leading calls for a total lockdown of the country as part of the ongoing response to the Covid-19 crisis. Writing in today’s Roscommon People, Mr. Flanagan says: “I believe that we must move to instigate a total lockdown now, similar to France”.
In a stark declaration, ‘Ming’ said that if action is not taken now, “we will needlessly kill thousands of our citizens”. He writes: “Why wait? Why be behind the curve? We can see what works. Lockdown is currently the only ‘medicine’ against this virus. It worked in China. It is just beginning to work in Italy. Most countries in Europe are going towards lockdown”. He appealed to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Health Minister Simon Harris to go beyond the further series of restrictions announced on Tuesday. (See full article inside).
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