Close contact tracing conducted in over 100 schools last week as cases in young people rise
The positivity rate after mass testing in schools last week was 2.4%.
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The positivity rate after mass testing in schools last week was 2.4%.
NPHET has written to Government.
Household settings made up the largest number of close contacts referred for a Day 0 test.
Covid-19 testing criteria for close contacts changed last month.
While none of Vera Pauw’s squad have tested positive for coronavirus yet, a number have been ruled out of the final group game.
Limits on the number of close contacts could be used to keep transmission low after Level 5 restrictions are eased.
Close contact testing in schools has yielded a positivity rate of 2.8%.
Close contacts are tested twice whether they have symptoms or not.
CEO Paul Reid said the numbers failing to turn up for their swab appointments has reduced now.
HSE CEO Paul Reid has said contact tracing teams now have to spend time convincing close contacts to go for a test.
Minister Simon Harris said yesterday that there “are a number of cases in which there are contact and communications difficulties”.
If someone attended a two-hour meeting and was then diagnosed, others in the room could be considered close contacts and have to self-isolate.
The move has been welcomed as Ireland starts to slowly ease restrictions.