GP: Shame over virus diagnosis ‘counterproductive’

Ma Dullea's public house/bar on Tower Street, Greenmount Cork City. during the Covid 19 global pandemic 2020.Pic; Larry Cummins 12/08/2020

A Cork GP has urged people not to shame others when it comes to possible Covid-19 diagnoses, saying it is “counterproductive” to fighting the virus.

Fianna Fáil councillor and former Lord Mayor, Dr John Sheehan, moved to quell the stigma surrounding the virus, after a series of rumours and accusations regarding a potential case of Covid-19 caused alarm among some residents of Cork City.