Neil Michael: Under-investment in public health undermines zero Covid efforts

While there is a growing interest in pursuing a zero-Covid strategy, the gaps in public health undermine the likelihood of this working, writes Neil Michael.

The dire state of regional public health departments - this country’s “forgotten frontline” - could hinder our efforts to attain zero covid

Professor Ivan Perry is one of an ever-widening community of academics and professionals in favour of aiming for zero or near zero-Covid.

But University College Cork's Professor of Public Health and other public health experts see a rather large elephant in the room.