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# contact-tracing - Sunday 9 August, 2020
Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
As cases rise health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
Nearly 70% of people would take a Covid-19 vaccine, according to new poll
The poll surveyed 2,000 people in July.
# contact-tracing - Friday 31 July, 2020
Cross-border approach to Covid-19 apps hailed as 'world first' by health minister
The Irish and Northern Irish contact-tracing apps can work together.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 30 July, 2020
Covid-19 contact tracing app launches in Northern Ireland
The app is called Stop Covid NI.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
More than 100 people alerted of close contact with Covid-19 case through tracing app
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
New contact tracing app to be launched in Northern Ireland next week
There is interoperability with the Republic of Ireland’s Covid-19 contact tracing app.
'A very real danger': Just 4,000 calls made to 60,000 Dublin Airport arrivals in first two weeks of July
Only half of the calls made were answered.
Concerns over Google Play Services reignited over Covid apps but HSE warns against conflating issues
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
Why was the Covid-19 app so successful in Ireland?
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
HSE warns public of phone scam in which fraudsters claim to be from contact tracing team
The HSE has stressed that it does not charge or ask for payment for testing.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
HSE reports 250,000 downloads of new Covid-19 contact tracing app
The app was officially launched this morning.
# contact-tracing - Monday 6 July, 2020
The HSE's Covid-19 tracing app went live this evening - here's what it looks like
The information stored on the app will not be transferred to a centralised server.
# contact-tracing - Friday 26 June, 2020
HSE's contact tracing app will be wound down in 90 days if it's deemed ineffective
The app will record if a user is in close contact with another user by exchanging anonymous codes.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 25 June, 2020
Community contact tracing for one meat plant is at 73%, not 90%, department confirms
There has been some confusion about the level of contact tracing at meat processing plants.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
Poll: Would you download a Covid-19 contact tracing app?
82% of Irish people in one survey said they would be willing to download the app.
82% of Irish adults willing to download Covid-19 contact tracing app
However, researchers involved in this study found that people are concerned about privacy.
# contact-tracing - Saturday 20 June, 2020
Close encounters: As the country gets busier, how do you know if you're a Covid-19 contact?
Contacting tracing is going to become increasingly important as bars and cafes re-open.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 14 June, 2020
Employees at meat plants had to wait 16 days to be re-tested for Covid-19
More than 1,000 cases of the virus have been reported across 20 facilities nationwide.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 11 June, 2020
Since Ireland started to re-open, the average number of close contacts in Covid-19 cases has begun to rise
The public have been warned to limit their close contacts as much as possible as the restrictions are eased.
# contact-tracing - Saturday 30 May, 2020
Irish contact tracing app to begin field testing next week
The executive says it will then be released ‘once it is fully operational’.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 28 May, 2020
Matt Hancock laughs off suggestion that 'Test and Trace' launched early to distract from Cummings saga
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the system wasn’t being rushed through to distract from the Cummings controversy.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 21 May, 2020
Google and Apple launch contact-tracing platform that will be used in Irish app
The Google-Apple API will be used in the Irish contact tracing app,
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
'It's not surprising there's confusion': Glynn aims to provide clarity on 'two-hours-in-a-room' guidance
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.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 14 May, 2020
HSE bosses confident of three-day turnaround on testing in 90% of positive cases by Monday
HSE CEO Paul Reid was speaking at a briefing on Covid-19 testing and contact tracing at UCD this morning.
# contact-tracing - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
'We know we need to get better': NPHET says testing result delays due to lack of automation
“Anyone who’s ever tried to get a PC to talk to a Mac…these things take time,” said NPHET member Dr Cillian de Gascun.
# contact-tracing - Monday 11 May, 2020
Without contact tracing, countries are 'driving blind' warns WHO official
WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan made the comments today.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 10 May, 2020
HSE still plans to roll out contact tracing app by end of the month
The app will be opt-in and support, rather than replace, current contact tracing processes.
# contact-tracing - Thursday 7 May, 2020
Harris says he wants 'all-island approach' to new contact tracing app
The HSE is aiming to release its contact tracing app by the end of this month.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 3 May, 2020
Covid-19 contact tracing app due to be launched by end of May
The app will be released on an opt-in basis and use bluetooth technology.
# contact-tracing - Friday 1 May, 2020
'Ireland hasn't got the basics right yet': How is Covid-19 testing going for GPs?
“If we don’t have it for [this] level, we don’t have it for a surge,” one GP said.
# contact-tracing - Sunday 29 March, 2020
Covid-19: HSE says contact tracing app could be rolled out 'in the next 10 days'
The HSE’s Paul Connors this morning described it as a “very important piece of technology.
# contact-tracing - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
Public service workers to be transferred to help with contact tracing and social welfare applications
It comes after a flood of workers signalled their desire to help tackle the public health crisis.
# contact-tracing - Friday 13 March, 2020
80 Defence Forces cadets are being trained in Covid-19 contact tracing
20 cadets will be starting the role from today.
# contact-tracing - Saturday 7 March, 2020
Coronavirus: What is contact tracing and who is considered a 'close contact'?
Health authorities have processes in place that will still be necessary even as the number of cases here rises.
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Poll: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL essentially off the cards for the rest of the year, it seems a lot of people have bought into the concept of a staycation at home here in Ireland.
Social media platforms are flooded with #staycation posts in what will hopefully boost businesses in domestic tourism following a devastating period for the sector.
But with a spike in new cases in recent days, a regional lockdown in the Midlands, and new measures this week including the mandatory wearing of face masks in all shops and commercial premises, fears are mounting that we could be entering a second wave.
So today we’re asking: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've already been on a staycation (191)
No, I haven't been and have no plans for a staycation (98)
Yes, I have a staycation planned in the coming months (94)
No, I have not been on a staycation (27)
Yes, but I am going to cancel my planned staycation (11)
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