FactCheck: No, the Tánaiste did not say lockdown would continue 'indefinitely'
Leo Varadkar was talking about the Zero Covid strategy and mandatory hotel quarantine.
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Leo Varadkar was talking about the Zero Covid strategy and mandatory hotel quarantine.
Professor Sam McConkey outlines ways to make Ireland a world leader in the Zero Covid approach to this pandemic.
The health minister said Zero Covid is “just not possible” to achieve.
Zero-Covid involves the complete elimination of community transmission of the virus.
The Labour tabled a motion calling for a “national aggressive Covid-19 suppression strategy”.
UCC’s Professor Ivan Perry says the idea that a Zero Covid approach offers a ‘false promise’ for the elimination of the virus is just wrong.
NPHET does not recommend such a strategy, says Micheál Martin.
The Taoiseach said certain approaches, such as ‘Zero Covid’ or herd immunity, are not realistic for Ireland.