Compulsory mask-wearing will ‘probably’ return in autumn, says doctor

Dr Bill Tormey said that while he cannot envisage the country entering a lockdown again, he said wearing masks “is something that we can anticipate will probably be needed in the autumn”. Picture: Collins 

Ireland is likely to see a return of mask mandates later this year in efforts to slow transmission of Covid-19, a consultant doctor at Beaumont Hospital has said.

It comes as 1,018 people are currently being treated for the virus in hospitals, 46 of whom are in intensive care as of midday Tuesday.