Dr Scally wants country to take a 'Zero Covid' approach

Dr Scally said that if he was an employer he would do everything possible to help his staff avoid coronavirus in the first place.  File photo: RollingNews.ie

Public health expert Dr Gabriel Scally has said that the economic consequences of continuing “on with the rollercoaster ride” of up and down Covid-19 figures could be really difficult and the best way of avoiding them was to get the number of cases down to zero.

The number of cases of the virus in Ireland recently was "disturbing", he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show, but clusters could be dealt with and he was an advocate for a ‘Zero Covid’ approach across the island.