Dr. Siobhán Kennelly:

-----referred to protocols around how those would be safely managed. In all cases where testing was needed, it was directed. That was based on our knowledge of the clinical course of the presentation of Covid-19 in older people at that time. There were also strong recommendations made in respect of facilities where residents might have had contact with patients in acute hospitals, that those facilities were able to isolate those patients and provide the appropriate level of IPC support. That was all out there from the earliest possible stage.