'Cork deserves credit': Doctor praises county's achievement in crushing Covid cases

However, Dr Niamh Lynch said she was concerned about the lower numbers of patients presenting to hospitals and GPs with other illnesses

Dr Niamh Lynch said that while Cork’s current low incidence-rate was impressive, there was always more work to be done. File Picture: Andy Gibson

A Bon Secours doctor has said that Cork people deserve huge credit for doing their part to suppress Covid-19 in the city and county.

Dr Niamh Lynch said the fact that a city and county the size of Cork was now seeing Covid-19 case-numbers comparable to those of Kilkenny and Kerry was "a massive achievement."