It is likely that Covid-19 case numbers will rise as restrictions ease, but this does not mean that vaccines are not effective, Dr Cillian De Gascun has said.
The Director of the UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory and a member of NPHET posted a thread on Twitter last night, and said that vaccines are very effective at protecting against hospitalisation and severe disease.
His comments come as NPHET is set to meet tomorrow to discuss the latest surge in Covid-19 case numbers and make recommendations to Government ahead of the planned easing of measures on Friday 22 October.
Yesterday, the daily case number of 2,180 was the highest since January. Dr De Gascun said that while the vaccines are preventing many getting seriously ill from the