Nphet's 'second-best scenario' is 200+ in ICU in coming months, says Donnelly

Mr Donnelly said Ireland has the vaccine programme in its favour, "going from strength to strength". Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

New NPHET modelling says, in the second-best scenario, over 200 people will be in ICU in a few months, Stephen Donnelly has said.

Speaking in the Seanad on the government's new legislation for domestic Covid-19 certificates, the Minister for Health said the Delta variant is much more transmission admissible than anything we've seen so far in this pandemic.