Maresa Fagan: Covid-19 numbers suggest picture will only become clear in three weeks

It will be another three weeks before we have a clearer picture of the extent of Covid-19 in Ireland, according to leading experts, who add that testing will also shape the numbers that emerge in the days ahead.
Maresa Fagan: Covid-19 numbers suggest picture will only become clear in three weeks
A quiet Parliment Street, Dublin due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in Ireland. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

It will be another three weeks before we have a clearer picture of the extent of Covid-19 in Ireland, according to leading experts, who add that testing will also shape the numbers that emerge in the days ahead.

Here, Maresa Fagan puts the Covid-19 numbers into context and speaks to experts Professors Ivan Perry and Ultan Power to gauge what might happen in the days and weeks ahead.

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