Dr. Colm Henry:

The advice is as follows. If somebody turns out to have Covid-19 then anybody with whom they were in contact in the previous 48 hours, and as the Deputy described, in an enclosed setting for more than two hours they would be deemed to be a contact. The directive actually states, if we consider the detail on the HSE website, that a risk assessment is carried out by the public health department. In the case of a meat factory or any other congregated setting, or any enclosed setting, the public health department will carry out an assessment and decide based on their assessment and the analysis of the risk what actions will follow, who is go into isolation, who is to be deemed a contact and who is to be tested.