The number of people in hospital who tested positive for the virus rose to 360 yesterday.
A leading Immunologist has played down fears of a summer wave of Covid-19.
It comes after the number of people in hospital who tested positive for the virus rose to 360 yesterday, 23 of whom are in intensive care.
Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, Mullingar's Kingston Mills, says however another major surge of Covid-19 this summer is unlikely:
He also says a new booster may be available to general population later this year:
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