“This just isn’t good enough,” he said as they scrolled through the data. By then, the cases from Thursday and Friday were available. Holohan arrived at the Department of Health ahead of schedule on the Friday, meeting with Glynn to review the data.
The weekend that followed would rock the relationships between the CMO, the Minister for Health, the government and the HSE to their core. On the same day as Glynn’s Nphet meeting, news of Holohan’s impending return broke. Further action couldn’t be ruled out in the future, with the acting CMO raising strong concerns about the growth in clusters and outbreaks.
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