Immunology expert calls on Government to question airlines on necessity of passenger flights

Professor Mills said that the current figures for those infected with Covid-19 in Ireland were much lower than the actual figures.

“The government has to talk to the airlines perhaps and say do you need to have these flights?" Professor Mills said. File picture.

Immunology expert Kingston Mills has called on the government to question airlines about the necessity for passenger flights into and out of Ireland.

“For the last number of weeks I've been looking on the Dublin airport website and seeing substantial numbers of passenger flights to-ing and fro-ing from Europe,” he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Séan O’Rourke show.