Covid-19: 'The virus spreads where people get together,' warns medical expert

It was important to limit social contacts and to continue with hand hygiene, wearing masks and social distancing according to the GP. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The Irish College of General Practitioners’ (ICGP) lead on Covid-19, Dr Nuala O’Connor has called on the public to be more careful and imaginative in their social interactions if they want to avoid wider lockdowns.

“We all need to learn how to live with the virus, but we have to be careful about how we do this,” she told RTÉ radio’s News at One.