Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Briefing by Department of Health Officials

Dr. Tony Holohan:

I think we can be confident of that. A huge amount of work has been done in the HSE, and I know its witnesses will be able to add much more detail. I am conscious of the time. The turnaround times have improved very significantly and the improvement in those has not finished. I believe that some of the innovations that have been introduced in that contact tracing, testing and sampling regime in this country are without precedent internationally. Now, people who are subject to testing get negative test results by text. With our positivity rate at the moment at 3%-----

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