Calls to ‘stick with the plan’ as number of Covid-19 deaths fall

The number of Covid-19 deaths is falling but the public needs to “stick with the plan” and abide by restrictions to reduce viral spread, a specialist in infectious diseases has said.

Dr Eoghan De Barra, an infectious disease specialist at Beaumont hospital in Dublin, was commenting on the latest Covid-19 figures, which show a fall in the number of deaths being reported on a daily basis.