Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed)

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Has any effort been made to identify where errors were made as a result of which healthcare workers contracted Covid-19? What measures now need to be put in place to make sure there is no reoccurrence? We have a lot of information and data. Have we analysed those data?

For instance, some healthcare facilities, including 56% of nursing homes, had no positive cases of Covid, while many others were affected. The case is likewise with hospitals and mental health facilities. Has there been any serious examination carried out to identify why cases occurred in some places while very similar operations in totally different parts of a HSE area saw no outbreaks at all?

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