The World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19 has said the world cannot wait for universal testing or a vaccine to "come out of lockdown" and people will have to find new ways to live with the threat of the virus in their lives.
Dr David Nabarro said people will need to find ways to go about their business, otherwise we will be "paralysed" by the virus.
He said getting everyone on board and learning to live with this "as best we can" knowing the coronavirus has not gone away, is key to reducing restrictions on social and economic activity.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O’Rourke, Dr Nabarro said it is an impossible task for everyone to be tested and the virus is "not going to stop and wait for tests so we need to defend