Mike Ryan

Reintroduction of travel bans following overreaction to Omicron will achieve little

The hard reality is that Omicron is unlikely to be the last variation of Sars-CoV-2 to emerge

Caveat: Don’t buy the narrative that says people’s ‘behaviour’ has brought disaster upon hospitals and, now, businesses

Historian’s work is the subject of a documentary to be broadcast this week

As cases rise further, it is clear that some measures will be needed to ease the stress and disruption that schools are now facing

Dr Mike Ryan says not enough immunity in populations to prevent virus spreading

Hundreds dying each day in Romania as crisis deepens in nations with low vaccine uptake

Chief reason for development is indication that vaccines not providing lasting protection

Health body names new advisory group and urges China to provide data from early cases

Consultant in palliative medicine says pandemic was particularly difficult for some patients

WHO official urges focus on home care in rethink of how older people are looked after

WHO health emergencies programme director says NGO sector provides core services

Choctaw nation gave us $170 in Famine relief in 1847. It is a timeless moral lesson

WHO spokeswoman calls on Ireland ‘not to rush and corner all the supplies of vaccines’

England marks its ‘freedom day’ despite ongoing surge in case numbers

WHO official said it is a ‘disgrace’ many health workers have still not been vaccinated

Seminar told Travellers were disproportionately affected during the pandemic

Race to vaccinate as strain that emerged in India takes hold in UK and Portugal, and shuts schools in Israel

An Irishman’s Diary

‘Please help us get oxygen, there will be a tragedy here,’ Delhi minister pleads to India’s PM

In her new weekly column, Catherine Cleary looks at how we can use our spending power to look after the world, and each other

IDA staff secured early PPE supplies, HSE teams oversaw building of pop-up test centres

Six pharmaceutical plants in Ireland capable of producing vaccines if given knowldge, report states

One Change: We work together to curtail the pandemic and must do same for environment

World Health Organisation’s Mike Ryan honoured by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

It came from nowhere, ripped through our lives and is still with us. Will it ever end?

Irish organisations’ open letter to Taoiseach says ‘united action’ needed on Covid-19

Virus curtails annual Lenten appeal that usually raises €8 million for overseas work

Minister for Finance chaired Eurogroup meeting briefed by WHO on Covid-19 outlook

World wrap: UK promises testing blitz to identify South African variant in England

World wrap: WHO visits hospitals in Wuhan where Covid-19 was first treated

Variants from UK, South Africa and Brazil an increasingly menacing threat

Anyone who arrived into State from Brazil is urged to self-isolate and identify for testing

HSE's chief says it has reached its ICU limit and has started using surge capacity

Likely businesses will remain shut ‘until the end of March’, says Varadkar

Dr Ryan says latest figures indicate new restrictions already working to curb spread of virus

Number of cases in community is high, and expected to rise steeply this week

Mike Ryan says people must consider proximity, duration and location of events

Avoid stringent lockdowns by quarantining when required, advises Dr Mike Ryan

Intensive care facilities run out in Netherlands as Belgium faces similar scenario