Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Testing and Tracing
Dr. Colm Henry:
I will give the Deputy two figures. Among symptomatic contacts the positivity rate is 14% so far. The next figure underlines how important this process is. Among contacts who have no symptoms, the positivity rate is 9%. For that reason, we are aggressively pursuing all contacts and we need them to engage with testing and be tested. Just because they do not have symptoms does not mean they do not have the virus and could not potentially be transmitting it to other people.
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