The head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has said the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Ireland is "very concerning." Professor Sam McConkey said "we are still failing to control" the pandemic here, but it is still "too early to know if the interventions have worked yet." Speaking on RTE's Claire Byrne Live programme last night he said he hopes to see the number of new cases coming down by the end of the week.
Prof McConkey said there are currently more people who need to be tested than there is availability and he said there "is a real scramble" to scale up testing as quickly as possible. Read:More coronavirus stories A number of significant measures are expected