Maresa Fagan: Still a way to go to crush Covid threat

While the more infectious Delta variant is expected to become dominant across Europe by August, it is now already said to be dominant in Ireland

Outdoor diners on French Church Street in Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins

Despite making solid progress on rolling out Covid-19 vaccines this year, there is still a way to go to exit the pandemic and return to some semblance of normality.

On Tuesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said we were now in a race between the variant and the vaccine when announcing a pause on the nation’s reopening plans.