A top Irish virologist has said that a return of masks in public places won't do all that much to stop the current Covid wave.
UCC's Professor Liam Fanning told RTE's Prime Time that he wouldn't be recommending the return of masks, despite admitting the pandemic is here "for the foreseeable".
When host Miriam O'Callaghan asked "should we go back to mask-wearing in public places?" Prof Fanning said: "No I don't think we should go back to mask wearing in public places for a couple of reasons.
