UCC professor: 'The science is clear —suppressing Covid-19 is possible'

Professor of Epidemiology at UCC Patricia Kearney said a citizen’s assembly could facilitate discussion on how the country manages coronavirus in the longer term. People on Oliver Plunkett St, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

The ‘science is clear’ that Covid-19 can be suppressed and a national conversation is needed to examine the current strategy of living with the virus, a UCC epidemiologist has said.

Professor of Epidemiology at UCC Patricia Kearney said a citizen’s assembly could facilitate discussion on how the country manages Covid-19 in the longer term.