Eoin English and Daniel McConnellSeveral leading public health, science and medical experts have urged the Government to take 'immediate and decisive' action to crush the coronavirus here. Several leading public health, science and medical experts have urged the Government to take “immediate and decisive” action to crush the coronavirus here amid fears the country is facing a second wave of Covid-19. Their call for a Zero-Covid Island status comes ahead of today's Cabinet meeting which will consider advice from NPHET in advance of phase 4 of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions next Monday. In their joint statement last night, the health experts set out a suite of measures they say the government should introduce to crush the virus. But travel restrictions must be part of the Zero-Covid strategy, the experts said.

Source: Irish Examiner July 15, 2020 05:03 UTC