An immunologist believes we are on track to come out of lockdown as scheduled in December.
NPHET is meeting today to discuss the impact of Level 5 restrictions which are entering their third week.
The reproduction rate of Covid 19 has fallen below one, but the Taoiseach has told his party that restrictions are unlikely to be lifted until the full six weeks are up.
Professor Kingston Mills from Trinity College says we’re on track to exit lockdown by December.
"We're actually doing better than most countries in Europe now, I think we're the sixth - there's only five countries better than us in terms of the numbers per 100,000, which is a critical statistic.
"I think the key issue for me is that while we've done a great job of getting those numbers down, we have to keep them down."
