A vaccine for Covid-19 could take up to two years to be mass produced, according to a leading expert.
Nearly a thousand positive tests for coronavirus were reported last night, bringing the total number of cases in the Republic to 10,647, while 31 more people died.
Last night the Health Minister said we will have to adhere to social distancing until a vaccine is available.
But professor of health systems in DCU, Anthony Staines, says it's not possible that current restrictions will continue until then.
"I don't think it's feasible that we continue as we are now with the country effectively in lockdown, because we don't know when a vaccine will be available.
"We hope, and it's a miracle that this can even be talked about, we hope that it might be available in 8-10 months.
"It could take two years."
