A much stricter but shorter lockdown could be a better option for containing the coronavirus, according to an infectious disease specialist.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting today to discuss the current restrictions, which are due to expire on Sunday.
The Health Minister says he expects them to remain in place for the next few weeks.
The RCSI's Professor Sam McConkey says changing to a stricter approach could help the economy to bounce back quicker.
"That would have to be on a 32 county basis and it would require a shorter period of time of restrictions, but more severe restrictions.
"That second approach has been tried in China and succeeded, it's also what New Zealand is doing.
"Because we're on an island, it gives us an alternative approach."
