'Stronger suppression' needed to avoid a fifth Covid-19 wave

UCC professor Ivan Perry urged the National Public Health Emergency Team to share its Covid-19 modelling data with the wider scientific community.

Ireland could face a fifth wave of Covid-19 by August unless the Government adopts a “stronger suppression” strategy, a webinar hosted by the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) has heard.

TCD scientist Dr Tomás Ryan said the current Government strategy was doing everything “half-heartedly” and that more effective lockdown measures were required to contain the current Covid-19 wave and prevent further waves into the future.