Plans on how to respond to the next pandemic are being worked on as future health threats become increasingly difficult to predict, Ireland’s senior health official said.
Chief Medical Officer Breda Smyth, who became CMO in October after Dr Tony Holohan stepped aside, said it was an “absolute privilege” to take on the role.
Professor Smyth has spent the last 13 to 15 years in Irish public health, including as a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team during the Covid-19 pandemic.
