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The HSE CEO say contact tracing has found some people have well over 40 close contacts, even up to 50.
Paul Reid says a surge in cases put immediate strain on testing and tracing.
There were 55,000 tests carried out in the last seven days - the second highest number since the pandemic hit. https://twitter.com/HSELive/status/1296386665125117955
There were 55,000 tests carried out in the last seven days - the second highest number since the pandemic hit. https://twitter.com/HSELive/status/1296386665125117955
In one day, 11,000 tests were carried out.
. @paulreiddublin says claims that the system has completely fall apart are alarmist and unhelpful. He claims they’re not born out of facts and won’t help to encourage people to come forward.
Almost 1.7 million users are registered on the Covid app.
487 people have received a close contact alert from the app.
487 people have received a close contact alert from the app.
Language barriers, close working conditions, shared facilities, shared accommodation, shared transport and unpaid sick leave are being highlighted as some of the issues the HSE has come across in dealing with clusters.
There’s currently 174 people in self-isolation in Citywest.
It was made available for people who can’t isolate at home.
It was made available for people who can’t isolate at home.
Over 2,000 sessions of free online counseling have been carried out.
The service is run with MyMind.
The service is run with MyMind.
The Winter Plan this year will be “one like no other”.
It’ll look to increase acute bed capacity, ensure people are discharged more readily, develop integrated care plans, look at the need for PPE and increase the capacity of the National Ambulance Service.
It’ll look to increase acute bed capacity, ensure people are discharged more readily, develop integrated care plans, look at the need for PPE and increase the capacity of the National Ambulance Service.
The HSE CEO has been about Eamon Ryan’s comments that the system was “caught off guard” with the increase in Covid-19.
Paul Reid says it was a massive scale up in volume and there was a issues in turnaround but they’ve met the volume.
Paul Reid says it was a massive scale up in volume and there was a issues in turnaround but they’ve met the volume.
The HSE is engaging with individual private hospitals about how they can work together if there’s a potential surge in Covid-19 cases.
“We won’t shy on recruitment”
@paulreiddublin says he’s anxious for significant recruitment to the health service, which he admits is not an easy task.
@paulreiddublin says he’s anxious for significant recruitment to the health service, which he admits is not an easy task.
. @paulreiddublin says the PPE stock being held in North Dublin is “quite impressive”.
There’s been a total of 799 referrals to Citywest, a space for people to isolate if they can’t at home.
Dr. Anne O’Connor says that’s growing and there’s more occupancy now than we’ve had in a number of months.
Dr. Anne O’Connor says that’s growing and there’s more occupancy now than we’ve had in a number of months.
