A leading public health expert's warning Ireland's facing an alarming number of Covid-19 cases in the Autumn unless the government changes its strategy of containing the virus.

200 coronavirus cases were recorded here yesterday, the largest increase since May.

The Acting Chief Medical Officer's warning there's now multiple clusters with a secondary spread in many parts of the country.

The government's appealing to people to redouble their efforts to tackle the spread of the disease.

However, Professor Ivan Perry, says implementing a zero covid strategy, similar to that in New Zealand, could eliminate the virus from our shores in six weeks.