Dr Gabriel Scally: No sign of flu arriving in Ireland this winter

Covid-19 measures in the far east have had a beneficial effect which had resulted in a very mild flu season.

Public health expert Dr Gabriel Scally has said that there was no sign of influenza arriving in Ireland “to any extent” this winter because of precautionary Covid-19 measures taken elsewhere in the world.

Covid-19 measures in the far east have had a beneficial effect which had resulted in a very mild flu season he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.