A leading immunologist has said Covid-19 is "under control" as Ireland approaches the "end game" with the virus.
The top professor said his head is still "spinning" after the lifting of restrictions over the weekend as he "couldn't believe it happened so quickly". "There's a huge consensus that we're now entering the end game...all the evidence looks great that it is somewhat under control," Prof O'Neill told RTE's Today with Claire Byrne programme.
"The WHO's European Director said let's prepare for next winter, I know it seems a long way off, but there will be a surge next winter because it's a respiratory disease and like the flu, it will come back. "It's nothing to worry about, it's even more transmissible which is good but yet again it's not causing severe disease," he said.
The immunology expert added that there are no guarantees that new variants won't keep emerging in the future, but added that anti-viral pills will be a "really good weapon" against all strains of Covid.
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