‘Number one focus is getting the schools reopened,’ says Minister
Random testing will be introduced at Irish airports to help boost the fight against Covid-19, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said.
But public health officials had said international experience showed that when pubs reopened the number of new cases went up. Mr Donnelly also said “the [passenger] locator form is becoming electronic and we’re bulking up the team that chases up on that.” Mr Donnelly said there had been significant clusters in the midlands, including factory outbreaks in Kildare, with one factory closed as a result, as well as direct provision outbreaks in Kildare and Laois.He said what concerned public health doctors more is community transmission, where “people are coming forward, are testing positive and we don’t know where they contracted the disease”.
He reiterated advice on keeping gatherings to a minimum, allowing no more than 10 others into your home.
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