# contact-tracing - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Covid Surge
# Covid Surge
The HSE said it only recommended against this in cases where parental consent wasn’t sought or it wasn’t GDPR compliant.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 14 November, 2021
# Close Contacts
# Close Contacts
It was highlighted that a positive case’s close contacts disappeared when the ‘school setting’ option was selected.
# contact-tracing - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Children And Covid
# Children And Covid
But Micheál Martin said that NPHET or the HSE may pilot antigen testing in some settings off the back of ECDC advice.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 28 October, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 26 September, 2021
# New Approach
# New Approach
Contact tracing is being halted in childcare and primary schools.
# contact-tracing - Friday 24 September, 2021
# Schools
# Schools
Changes to contact tracing rules come into effect on Monday.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Return To Sport
# Return To Sport
A code of conduct, which includes mask wearing and social distancing, will have to be followed by event organisers and spectators.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
People who are symptomatic are being advised to go to any community testing centre.
# contact-tracing - Friday 14 May, 2021
# Ransomware Attack
# Ransomware Attack
GPs are to advise patients to attend walk-in testing centres with priority given to symptomatic and close contacts at these centres.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Source Investigation
# Source Investigation
For the 20% of cases categorised as community transmission, additional questions will be asked about their movements over the previous seven days.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
Around 20% of cases are currently identified as community transmission.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 23 December, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Taoiseach said there are 700 contact tracers employed.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
# Track And Trace
# Track And Trace
There are thousands of children waiting for services such as speech and language therapy, the Dáil heard.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The contact tracers are set to be paid tomorrow.
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
Confirmed cases will now be asked to describe their activities and contacts for up to 14 days prior to symptom onset.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Test And Trace
# Test And Trace
A rapid increase in cases this month resulted in a backlog in the HSE’s contact tracing system.
# Your Say
# Your Say
A rapid increase in cases this month resulted in a backlog in the HSE’s contact tracing system.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 25 October, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
The figure was confirmed by the HSE this morning.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Paul Reid also said he takes responsibility for the fact that the government was not informed of the issues at the weekend.
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
HSE CEO Paul Reid said it was a “risk-based decision we had to make”.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
The HSE is to ask more than 2,000 people who received a positive Covid-19 test result last week to alert their own close contacts.
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
The HSE decided not to contact infected people from Friday, Saturday and Sunday over fears it would lead to significant delays in contact tracing .
# contact-tracing - Monday 19 October, 2020
# Covid Tracker
# Covid Tracker
There are currently no countries on Ireland’s travel green list, however.
# contact-tracing - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Case Study
# Case Study
A mother has raised concerns about the policy of schools not taking action until contacted by the HSE.
# contact-tracing - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
Controversy has been mounting over the possibility the US President might have exposed numerous others to the virus.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
CEO Paul Reid said the numbers failing to turn up for their swab appointments has reduced now.
# contact-tracing - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Public Health
# Public Health
The HSE said that it’s looking for public-health trained individuals who will be ready to start almost immediately.
# contact-tracing - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The post is part of a category of conspiracies that has targeted contact tracing apps launched to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
# contact-tracing - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
HSE CEO Paul Reid said that 13,000 tests were completed, adding this is “our highest daily number ever”.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
Contact tracing centres operated by Revenue and the Army band commenced work over the weekend
# contact-tracing - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
As cases rise health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# Survey
# Survey
The poll surveyed 2,000 people in July.
# contact-tracing - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Good Friday Appgreement
# Good Friday Appgreement
The Irish and Northern Irish contact-tracing apps can work together.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Appy Too
# Appy Too
The app is called Stop Covid NI.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
Almost 1.45 million people have downloaded the Covid-19 tracker app since it went live in recent weeks.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
There is interoperability with the Republic of Ireland’s Covid-19 contact tracing app.
# Travel
# Travel
Only half of the calls made were answered.
# Privacy
# Privacy
The HSE has said it is important not to conflate issues with how Google enables apps through the store with the functionality of this particular app.
# contact-tracing - Saturday 11 July, 2020
# Covid App
# Covid App
HSE CEO Paul Reid called the Irish roll out the “most successful launch of this app anywhere in the world”
# contact-tracing - Friday 10 July, 2020
# Scam
# Scam
The HSE has stressed that it does not charge or ask for payment for testing.
A couple of afternoon thundershowers
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Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
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A stray shower; breezy in the afternoon
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