COVID news live: Vaccines alone won’t be enough to curb the pandemic, WHO warns – Sky News

Up to 150 people could be in intensive care in Ireland with COVID by the end of November, the Taoiseach has warned.

Micheal Martin said he believed there could be an annual vaccine against the virus in the future and added that he could not predict when the country would return to normal following the pandemic.

In an interview with Newstalk FM, Mr Martin said there was concern about the growing number of COVID cases in the country.

He said: "There are a lot of things going on. First of all, we are in a much different space than we were last year in the sense that we have vaccination and 93% of the population have been fully vaccinated.

"There is concern out there and I am concerned about the rising numbers."

Asked about Nphet modelling for case numbers over the winter, Mr Martin said: "There is the optimistic model, there is the pessimistic model.

"You could be looking at up to 150 in ICU by the end of November. That would be serious in terms of the wider impact on the health service.

"But if we all collectively behave, what I mean by that is watch ourselves, be a bit more cautious about how we go about in congregations, we can pull this back."

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