Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 17 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening

Dr. Denis McCauley:

It is a completely separate issue. At present, we are awaiting adjudication from NPHET on whether children need to be tested when they present with a childhood illness, a temperature of 38°C and a cough. I know that there are different data. Data from Israel show that they could spread infections. There is evidence from Finland and Denmark that opening schools did not cause an increase in infections. Those are two diametric facts. The European guidelines on infection control are to be published at the end of August. I cannot answer that question at present.

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