The Government and Nphet are being pressed to “urgently” update geographical tracking of Covid cases if Ireland wants to avoid a fourth lockdown. Prof Staines agrees “vaccinations are going very well”, but said this success alone will not stop the fourth wave of Covid-19. What we need to do now is try and control cases and do that very fast,” he said. “If things continue as they are, we will easily be at 2,000 cases by the end of the month. But the World Health Organisation [WHO] says lockdowns are not the way to control this virus, or any virus.

Source: Irish Independent July 18, 2021 01:30 UTC