Chief Clinical Officer dismisses Swedish advisor's advice to adopt herd immunity 

Herd immunity was put forward by Swedish expert and WHO advisor, Johan Giesecke at today's Oireachtas Covid committee. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Health officials have dismissed a suggestion that Ireland should adopt a "herd immunity" strategy to deal with Covid.

The idea was put forward by Swedish expert and WHO advisor, Johan Giesecke at today's Oireachtas Covid committee.