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NHS Test and Trace programme ‘has failed on main objective’, report finds
MPs have been heavily critical of the programme in the report.
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MPs have been heavily critical of the programme in the report.
The errors relate to test results given to people between September 8 and October 12.
About 1,200 schools now having identified a case among students.
The aim is to speed up the test-and-trace process, HSE officials said.
Only contacts from the previous two days, instead of the previous five days will have to self-isolate.
Five test centres opened this week across the country.
The so-called UK variant now accounts for about 92% of cases in this country.
A rapid increase in cases this month resulted in a backlog in the HSE’s contact tracing system.
The figure was confirmed by the HSE this morning.
A mother has raised concerns about the policy of schools not taking action until contacted by the HSE.
The findings are based on a nationally representative survey of 1,000 adults in Ireland run in early July.
The country’s education minister said there’s been an “alarming emergence of mass infections” since the start of the month.