Lack of policies directed at maintaining efforts to suppress Covid-19 criticised

Dr Mallon said that while the testing system was good, contact tracing needed some work. File picture

Infectious diseases consultant Dr Paddy Mallon has criticised the lack of policies directed at maintaining efforts to suppress Covid-19.

When cases were low during the summer there had been an opportunity to introduce policies to keep numbers low, he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.