Covid-19 has certainly not gone away and we're currently in the middle of another surge with rising case numbers and all the disruption and illness that brings with it.
We spoke to immunologist Prof Christine Loscher from DCU to get her take on the current surge, why we should expect more waves in the coming months and how we should be dealing with them. What stage are we at with the current surge? "Right now, about 5,000 cases a day on average are being reported and I would say many would share the view that that's a gross underestimation of where the case numbers are really at.
I would think that they are two to three times higher and we're probably looking at 10 to 15,000 cases a day easily. The numbers of those in hospitals and ICUs tend to lag a little bit behind, so I suspect that we're going to see them rise for the next couple of weeks. "I think everybody can see that anecdotally.
Workplaces are seeing people absent with Covid, we've seen businesses really struggling and there are issues with airlines and flights getting cancelled.