Covid-19 'no more dangerous than flu', says Cork priest

Gurranabraher parish priest Fr Tomás Walsh said the saturation of Covid-19 news has resulted in fear and paralysis.

A Cork priest has made claims in his local parish newsletter that coronavirus is “no more dangerous than the seasonal flu” and says the annual death toll in Ireland will be roughly the same as any other year.

Gurranabraher parish priest Fr Tomás Walsh made a series of claims in a number of letters that have been distributed throughout his parish.