Covid-19 will 'overtake' the population without extra resources, top consultant warns

Public Health Specialists insist that not only can they do the work but they have been doing it since the start of the pandemic. File picture.

The regional Department of Public Health that covers Dublin and surrounding counties needs extra resources immediately or Covid-19 will “overtake” the population.

This is according to one of the country’s leading public health consultants, Dr Anne Dee.